Certainly, you should always keep up with your required loan payments. As for accelerating those payments to pay off what you owe faster, a lot of this depends on your specific situation. If you get an employer match on contributions to a retirement plan, it’s often better to keep making those contributions rather than extra loan payments. Otherwise, with high-interest debt like credit card balances, you’ll probably save more by paying it off faster than you’d earn by investing the money.