COVID Finances Check In - July

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How's it going? It's Monday here in my world. Hope everyone is doing well and staying safe. I wanted to post a little "COVID finances update", to keep myself on track and keep track of the debt I am working on paying down. My goal is to have ZERO student loan debt by "the fall" - I haven't actually given myself a deadline for this or what "the fall" means, but I will eventually. I have been really trying to cut back on spending, since the biggest expenditure for me, after rent, is usually my "fun money", which includes traveling, shopping, gambling, drinking. (I have a lot of vices). But, I have been cleaning up a lot of debt with COVID. I have been also making a big effort to work more overtime than in the past. Number one, it makes me money, but it also saves me from shopping/spending a little bit. I have been blessed to continue to be employed with some overtime opportunities, COVID having not reduced my hours in any way. THANK goodness. Current Stats compared to last month: Credit Card Debt: $0 Auto Loan: $11,149 (paid down $288 since last month) Student Loan: $3,000 (paid down $540 last month!) Total Debt currently: $14,149 (down from last month, $14,977 - paid off a total of $828 last month! Yeehaw!) The numbers are really surprising and great! I am excited to see this old federal student loan go away...forever. The car payment, is going to be a while. I may spend a little bit of money this next week on my driving road trip, but honestly probably not that much since all I need to cover is gas and food/drink. May be even cheaper than me staying in town. How are your financial goals coming along? Do share!