I've also realized recently that I have to start repaying my student loans soon (ugh). I have almost $100,000 in student loans, BUT it has gotten me almost three degrees (I will be a doctor in 2016), and IT WAS WORTH IT!
When I discovered I'd have an additional bill soon, I freaked out some. I mean, come on, I'm a teacher and we don't make that much money...and I get paid once a month. Until I remembered the awesome site, teacherspayteachers.com. I've had a store on there since 2010 but never made very much money, so I went to one of my coworkers who is a superstar there and got some advice.
For the past week or so I've been working to make my store more appealing and increase my goods (something I'm still working on doing). I'm actually really pleased with how I've rebuilt things and have increased my followers some - but I'd like more (hint hint hint).
A teacher store like this is something I believe all teachers should have in their tooldbox, there is no reason for us to reinvent the wheel, sometimes we just need to change its color.
Please stop by my store and see if there is anything that would be useful to you, if not I'm happy to take suggestions and of course encourage you to visit other teacher stores!