Probability that $\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}{\frac{X_n}{n}}$ converges where $(X_n)_{n \in \mathbb{N}}$ is a sequence of i.i.d with $X_n ~ Unif(-1,1)$

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Let $(X_n)_{n \in \mathbb{N}}$ be a sequence of indepent random variables all uniformly distributed on $[-1,1]$

Calculate the probability that

$$\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}{\frac{X_n}{n}}$$ converges

Using Kolmogorov's 0-1 law I know that the probability is either $0$ or $1$. I think that the probability is $1$.

This is my attempt

Using summation by parts we get

$$\sum_{k=1}^{n}{\frac{X_k}{k}} = \frac{S_n}{n} + \sum_{k=1}^{n-1}{S_k \frac{1}{n(n+1)}}$$

Where $$S_i := X_1 + ... + X_{i-1} + X_i$$

Using the strong law of large numbers I get that

$$P\bigg(\lim_{n\to\infty}{\frac{S_n}{n}} = 0\bigg) = 1$$

So basically I can assume that $\lim_{n \to \infty}{\frac{S_n}{n}} = 0$, substituting this in the previous equation gives

$$\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}{\frac{X_n}{n}} = \sum_{n=1}^{\infty}{\frac{S_n}{n(n+1)}}$$

So the probability that $\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}{\frac{X_n}{n}}$ converges is the same as the probability that $\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}{\frac{S_n}{n(n+1)}}$ converges.

Now clearly if $\limsup_{n \to \infty}{\frac{|S_n|}{\sqrt{n}}} < +\infty$ then $\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}{\frac{S_n}{n(n+1)}}$ converges, therefore my idea is to prove that

$$P\bigg(\limsup_{n \to \infty}{\frac{|S_n|}{\sqrt{n}}} < +\infty\bigg) = 1 $$

But I don't know how to do that.

More in general, if $(a_n)_{n \in \mathbb{N}}$ is a sequence of strictly positive real numbers such that $\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}{a_n} < \infty$ then it's sufficient to prove that

$$P\bigg(\limsup_{n \to \infty}{\frac{ |S_n|}{n^2a_n}} < +\infty\bigg) = 1$$

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The series converges with probability $1$ by a simple application of Kolmogorov's Three Series Theorem (take $A = 1$ )