Dustin started his classes today and so far they have been great! Just a review for now, but with all the horror stories we've been hearing from other students, he's just getting started. :) With starting classes today, that also means that we got our student loan money check with the remaining balance after tuition/fees. It was more than we thought it would be and are very excited about that! But that also leads me to more internal conflict...
You see... if I was totally honest (and this is my blog so I get to be totally honest about how I feel), I just don't want to work. I. just. don't. want. to. And now that we have more money to live off of than we thought we would, technically, I don't HAVE to work. Because we don't NEED the money, we're actually sitting pretty comfortably. BUT if I did work, that means that we wouldn't have to take out as much student loan, therefore having less to pay off post graduation, therefore having a lot better financial situation once we're done. Which is really brilliant, a much better situation for us in the long run. Also, we'd have more money during school to finish paying off the car loan, my remaining student loans, and start paying off Dustin's undergraduate student loans. Which then again equals MORE MONEY. Duh, of course this all makes sense because working will mean more money.
But working... sigh... why can't there be this amazing job that I would just love love love?! I thought I had found it in a data entry job I tried applying for, but that is since gone as the whole 'moving here' thing got in the way so that I couldn't get all applied for it on time. I keep browsing CareerBuilder and Craigslist for the perfect job, but I can't seem to find it. All the Accounting jobs I could potentially be interested in are all temp positions, which is not my ideal kind of job.
I met with Express Pros Staffing, another company like Robert Half or Accountemps, but it's the same kind of situation--temp jobs. If I get a job, I don't want to keep doing temp jobs, hoping that another position will open up when the one I'm temping for is up. So where oh where is this perfect job that will pay me awesome amounts of money so that we don't take out as much student loans?! I just don't know.
So for now, I guess I'll keep looking. Even though I'd rather just... enjoy my time. Work on projects. Exercise. Blog, blog, blog. Read. Cook healthy meals. Spend time with husband during his school breaks. Etc.
Doesn't that sound like such a better life?! Much more enjoyable? I think so. What do you think?
5 comments:
that does sound like an awesome life. how about this--schedule yourself time to do all those things you want to do, plus a couple of hours every day to keep looking for that perfect job. and since you have enough money to live for now, wait until you really find the perfect job and then take it. don't take one you won't love, but don't stop looking for one you will love. and then hopefully once you find it, you will still have time to do most of the things you want to do....
I totally agree with Bonnie. I have no desire to work either. Ha ha. I think the paper route put a bad taste in my mouth. I think the student loan payments post graduation will go by quicker than you think. I try not to get too worked up about our crushing student loans. I was really rooting for the plasma/piano teaching/bakery sales idea.
I've done temp jobs before and it actually led to a longer term job. And with a temp job, you can work till the job is over, then have a break. Then repeat. With may be time inbetween jobs to do fun stuff.
May be Breezy's Bites is the job to do :)
It's great that you don't have to take a job that you hate just so you can get by. Wait for something wonderful to come up!
Do you have any hobbies that could make you money? Could you do the cake decorating biz? Could you start an etsy shop with things you sew or make? If I had lots of time to myself, that's what I would do.
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