Another Day...

[dudelovenext]

Last night was a pretty long day. Worked for ten hours, then went and helped Stef a little bit with finishing up his apartment. Had dinner at Denny's afterwards (thanks man!), then pretty much headed home and hit the hay.

I'm really hoping I can get things together for going to school this fall. I'm tired of standing still. Pretty much I need to get one thing (car or student loan, though I'd prefer both) paid off before I can go back to school, since I'm sure I'll need to cut my hours down a bit to go. With about $2500 on my student loan and about $5000 on my car, might mean buckling down hard for the next six months or so.

I'm still pondering what I really want to do, career-wise. Taking a few tests, some of them I could see (Publicist, Bar/Club Manager), though some of them are...intriguing (Politician, huh?). I want to do something I really enjoy. I want to do something that I don't really consider work (I'm sure taste-tester for Absolute is probably already taken *LOL*).

This week seems like it's going to be hectic. I need to try and get to the gym tomorrow and unpack, since tonight I'm probably gonna be hanging with James, Aubrey, and John, and Thursday's IKEA day. So much to do!

Comments

[lhcat.livejournal.com]

Ono! Not IKEA day!

[dudelovenext.livejournal.com]

Yes. 'Tis a deadly day. `^_^

Experimentation

[hentainobaka.livejournal.com]

Try a bunch of stuff. Don't let yourself settle too early or you will be in too deep when you want to try something else. That is why I am doing what I am doing now. If I waited until later, I would be too comfortable to change and my life would be too wrapped into my work. My thoughts anyways.

Re: Experimentation

[dudelovenext.livejournal.com]

Luckily I have a job that I'm comfortable at. I can stick with it, but it still gives me ambition to do more. I think it's going to take a lot of time for me to figure out what I want to do, but...it'll just take time. :)

Thanks for the advice, though. :)

No Problem :)

[hentainobaka.livejournal.com]

It is cool that you have a job you're happy with in the mean time while you are looking. That must be nice.

Re: No Problem :)

[dudelovenext.livejournal.com]

Sounds like maybe you need a new "in between" job? :(

Sucky

[hentainobaka.livejournal.com]

The sucky thing is I flop back and forth. Part of me wants to dump it and go. Another part wants to tough it out and maybe get better.

[anotherfluke.livejournal.com]

I bit the bullet and bought Quicken a couple months back, and it has changed my life money-wise. I feel like I have hundreds more dollars per month to do stuff with, and to pay my bills with. I highly reccomend Quicken to you if you're struggling with your finances.

[dudelovenext.livejournal.com]

How does Quicken differ from Money?

[anotherfluke.livejournal.com]

Probably not by much. All the things that I love about Quicken (the monthly calendar showing my cash flow, the savings goal planner, bill tracking, the budget forecasting tool) are probably also standard in Money, but I haven't tried MS Money so I can't say. For me though, the calendar is the big money saver for me. It helps to know that even if I have $1,000 in the bank right now, next week I'm going to have only $200, and 3 weeks down the line I'm only going to have $40, so I have an incentive not to blow 500 bones just because I have it. That was my big problem before I had quicken.

[saxytenshi.livejournal.com]

Good luck with the career hunt! Most people (of many different ages) I talk to don't know what they want to do... it's a really tough decision. I'm not even 100% sure of what I want to do!

Although it is A LOT of hard (and sometimes painful) work when I don't even know what I want to do when I'm done, school will pay off in the end for sure. I hate the fact that I constantly feel like I'm playing catch-up in my classes and homework is on my mind almost every waking hour but I keep pushing on because I know it'll do me good in the long run. This quarter has especially stretched me and forced me to improve upon myself, and although it's been TOUGH TOUGH work, I feel like I've grown from it.

So, in short, I think just getting into the groove of school is work enough let alone trying to decide what you want to do with it. Start by taking classes that interest you and I think the rest will fall into place. Good luck!

[dudelovenext.livejournal.com]

I just don't want to get stuck doing something that I'll eventually come to hate. There are lots of things that seem interesting, but I wonder "do I want to do that for the rest of my life?".

I agree, even in just a general sense, school will pay off. It's always good to keep learning; keeps the brain sharp. :)

I don't think it'll be too hard for me. I'll be cutting my hours a bit; I'll just have to learn to focus on homework (in grade school, I was terrible at homework; I hardly ever did it). I'm hoping that I've grown to the point where I can focus on it. :)

Thanks for the support! *hugs*