In short, being a sucker. I'm the first woman in my family to have completed college before turning 40, and I really wanted to break that...
School loans.
School loans from undergraduate education.
student loans for graduate school
Getting my MFA at School of Visual Arts
Not having enough knowledge about loans at the time. I knew I didn't want to put my family in a lot of debt so I kept taking loans. There is one...
I have been sick on and off for 15 years, in years that I am not able to work I have built up my debt.
Student loans, credit cards, and mortgage

I am only in debt for my school loans and my car at this point. I got those debts for going to undergraduate and graduate school (although on...

I am not in debt.

I got into debt by buying a house and using credit to buy things I needed and some I didn't need...
I went to an insanely expensive graduate program at NYU, that on a positive note allowed me to work in the fabulous field that I work in, but also...
My advanced degrees (M.Arch, MFA) in art and design came at a high price. No regrets
Student Loans and car loans.
Acquiring my MFA, including tuition and material expenses.
Loss unemployment for a year and a half.
My debt is entirely education tuition related- from by undergrad and then recent graduate degree. I worked the entire time I was in school, but I...
An audit by the IRS leading to extensive accounting bills and back taxes. An illegal action from the owner of my studio building that resulted in...

hell yes i am in debt, and how! all together, my undergrad debt is hovering at around $80,000 (stafford loan $4k, perkins loan $18k, private...

Student debt, living beyond my means in New York City, taking unearned financially but earned in sweat breaks from my jobs.