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Originally Posted by mr dave
i never really understood this sentiment. mainly because the majority of people i've heard echoing it finish school then try starting their lives like they're debtless yuppies. new car, new house, new 'mature' social life - like a real adult. only, they started accumulating more debt before even starting to pay off the educational one or learning to live off the budget whatever job they land provides, as opposed to rationing the student loan to make sure you have beer every weekend.
the 'trick' is to keep living like you did as a student until you can actually afford to stop doing so.
which leads to - sleeping on the floor is honestly awesome.
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Well you can count me out of that club. I own nothing. I rent, I ride the bus, and I went to one of the cheaper schools in the area. The problem is, I got a job in the non-profit field and currently there isn't a way to move up or out.
At a larger company I'd have been promoted but they ran out of slots. In a better economy I'd have taken my skill set and gone for greener pastures but theres no where to go.
It also has quite a bit to do with location. The rent around here is confiscatory, but as I say, finding jobs is hell anywhere, and I can't move to a cheaper place on a NP salary and hold out for hope that somethign turns up.