tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4971083762875016745.post26536715222229718..comments2023-12-19T18:08:50.022-05:00Comments on Find me Frugal(er): My Number Part IIAndriahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16212214815486879965noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4971083762875016745.post-60910446025012223482012-10-30T11:57:40.238-04:002012-10-30T11:57:40.238-04:00I graduated with $30,000...I think the biggest mis...I graduated with $30,000...I think the biggest mistake you made was going to MFA school when you weren't even sure thats what you wanted to do. After college, I applied almost every year to grad school simply because I had NO clue what I wanted to do and that's what all my friends were doing (going to grad school). The first year out of college I took a creative writing course at a local community college and thought I wanted to apply to the UCI MFA program. The next year, I applied to journalism school at USC. I got in but balked at the $50,000 a YEAR for school (I said hell no!). Then the next year I applied to law school...I mean, obviously I was just confused. During all this time though, I kept working my way up the corporate ladder, switching jobs several times, gaining valuable experience and making AMAZING connections (one of my former bosses is on Forbes' Billionaire lists). I now work for a company where I can see myself retiring, and they have offered to pay for 70% of grad school. SOOO I finally applied to an MPA program, and am really looking forward to it because I feel like I've finally figured out what I want to do. I'm 28. Newlyweds on a Budgethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10165059665185786849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4971083762875016745.post-84315680769010935602012-06-05T02:01:05.689-04:002012-06-05T02:01:05.689-04:00Love that you made this public! Just recently fou...Love that you made this public! Just recently found your blog- it's good to have company with the debtmonster.<br /><br />Our number is $125,000. We are currently down to 57,000 and working ourselves to the bone to pay off every single dime. I am a social worker; boyfriend recently finished pharmacy school. Before I met him, as a social worker, I was barely hanging on- no thought of being able to pay that amount off (granted, I am combining both of our loans in that figure).<br /><br />Two incomes help tremendously- especially if you learn the hard skills of scraping by on one (meager-ish) one first.<br /><br />Hang in there, you aren't alone.<br /><br />AlissaCaderivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16417053472248094596noreply@blogger.com