Best of luck later today. After going before the trustee, your paperwork will be passed on to federal judge. (Some people innocently think the "trustee" is a judge and get intimidated.) From what I researched, the real judge sits with a pile of cases similar to yours and just takes out a stamp that says "discharged" and just stamps each case with that. It can take a few months to get your notice in the mail saying your debt was discharged.
Once you get the discharge notice, there will be offers from credit card companies pouring in to your mailbox. They will have very high interest rates and things like "annual membership fees." Just throw them away. Eventually, you'll get an offer with no annual fee and a more reasonable interest rate. It's worth waiting for. Hold out for that, and then accept the offer. Then carefully start using credit and show yourself to be reliable. That way, you'll be prepared for the day that you need something like a car loan.
It is very common for people who've gotten a total discharge to wind up right back in deep debt a few years after their bankruptcy. Be careful you don't do that to yourself. Get yourself some health insurance and decide that you don't ever need to have more than one or two credit cards.
It will be nice to get your whole paycheck with no garnishment. Try to save even a few bucks each pay period. Hope everything goes smoothly, which it should.
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