Money
I know I wanted to go back to L.A. in October.
Now I know that this was unrealistic... I was so blinded by my wish to go back there that I totally ignored the fact that my parents would never just give me 30'000$ of my heritage in advance to pay everything back and go to the States as often as possible and to have a little "seed money" for when I move there. That was kind of my plan...
Now, I know this was stupid.
To prove that I really, really want this, I will work for it and I will save myself.
Even if I have to do several other jobs beside my apprenticeship (as long as it is not too much). I just want to earn as much money as possible.
I already made a "sketch" of my finances for after this August.
That's more or less what it looks like atm [everything in Swiss francs, but it's nearly as much as a dollar (~ 1 SFR = 1.07 $):
Income: Expenses:
+ 700 [Salary] - 230 [insurance]
- 100 [installment payments to pay my depts]
This makes a monthly credit of 370. If I pay 200 / month into my bank account I still have 170 left to live.
I would like to do some other things, like tutoring in English and German, babysitting, walking dogs or something like that. Little things to maybe earn 100 more a month. If I manage this, it would look like this:
Income: Expenses:
+ 700 [Salary] - 230 [insurance]
+ 100 [extra work] - 100 [installment payments]
And I would have 270 to live.
So, considering the money I already have left from my last trip (130), I would be able to go to the States again in March (Spring break):
200 / month --> Aug, Sept, Oct, Nov, Dec, Jan, Feb = 7x200 = 1400
+ 130 = 1530
I calculated that 2 weeks USA (flight, homestay, food) cost me about 1000-1200$. So I would have around 200-300$ left for my next trip, which would be in August:
200 / month --> Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul = 5x200 = 1000
+ 200 = 1200
However, I would like to go there for 3 weeks in August, so I would have to earn some extra money to pay for three weeks.
Okay, I know, this sounds really tentative. And it is. That's just how I imagine it, I'll see whether or not I can do it like this.
But it's a plan.
I'm still so "home"sick, I just want to go back asap..! I am really serious about this.
My mom told me about a "friend" of hers (she's just the mom of a boy who went to elementary with my brother) who was working in LA for one year and then had to come back to Switzerland. On her way home she cried for 10 hours and after she had come back she had to go to a psycho therapist for one year to get over it.
Good thing I'm already in therapy. I have an appointment tomorrow at 2pm.
Now I know that this was unrealistic... I was so blinded by my wish to go back there that I totally ignored the fact that my parents would never just give me 30'000$ of my heritage in advance to pay everything back and go to the States as often as possible and to have a little "seed money" for when I move there. That was kind of my plan...
Now, I know this was stupid.
To prove that I really, really want this, I will work for it and I will save myself.
Even if I have to do several other jobs beside my apprenticeship (as long as it is not too much). I just want to earn as much money as possible.
I already made a "sketch" of my finances for after this August.
That's more or less what it looks like atm [everything in Swiss francs, but it's nearly as much as a dollar (~ 1 SFR = 1.07 $):
Income: Expenses:
+ 700 [Salary] - 230 [insurance]
- 100 [installment payments to pay my depts]
This makes a monthly credit of 370. If I pay 200 / month into my bank account I still have 170 left to live.
I would like to do some other things, like tutoring in English and German, babysitting, walking dogs or something like that. Little things to maybe earn 100 more a month. If I manage this, it would look like this:
Income: Expenses:
+ 700 [Salary] - 230 [insurance]
+ 100 [extra work] - 100 [installment payments]
And I would have 270 to live.
So, considering the money I already have left from my last trip (130), I would be able to go to the States again in March (Spring break):
200 / month --> Aug, Sept, Oct, Nov, Dec, Jan, Feb = 7x200 = 1400
+ 130 = 1530
I calculated that 2 weeks USA (flight, homestay, food) cost me about 1000-1200$. So I would have around 200-300$ left for my next trip, which would be in August:
200 / month --> Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul = 5x200 = 1000
+ 200 = 1200
However, I would like to go there for 3 weeks in August, so I would have to earn some extra money to pay for three weeks.
Okay, I know, this sounds really tentative. And it is. That's just how I imagine it, I'll see whether or not I can do it like this.
But it's a plan.
I'm still so "home"sick, I just want to go back asap..! I am really serious about this.
My mom told me about a "friend" of hers (she's just the mom of a boy who went to elementary with my brother) who was working in LA for one year and then had to come back to Switzerland. On her way home she cried for 10 hours and after she had come back she had to go to a psycho therapist for one year to get over it.
Good thing I'm already in therapy. I have an appointment tomorrow at 2pm.