New Delhi, June 18 -- A Reddit post about financial discipline, perseverance and early debt repayment has struck a chord with social media users, with many praising a young professional who said he cleared his education loan in just three years despite being given a repayment tenure of up to 20 years.

The post, shared on Reddit's debt-related community, detailed the user's journey from taking an education loan to fund a BTech degree to becoming debt-free shortly after beginning his career. Posted 21 hours ago, it has over 500 upvotes and several comments.

Calling the achievement emotional, the user explained that his family was unable to support the cost of higher education when the time came to pursue engineering.

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