inertia... I think
I've been apartment shopping this week, and it's a good damn thing that my mom's an accountant. We did some calculating and discovered that I would have to live in X apt. with Y rent for Z months before the savings is realized. Sometimes the result was that I'd have to live somewhere for over two years--no no no. I want to be gone in two years! Lower rent is the objective, but when moving expenses add up, it may not be worth the trouble. I'm none too keen on moving; it seems three years in the same spot has made me complacent. Restless, yet complacent... it's a mixed bag of emotions. I think I have cabin fever on my whole life sometimes.
I also sat down and created a massive pro/con list based on leaving NYC or staying here. When my primary objective right now is to pay off my student loans, leaving a steady job in an unstable economy doesn't make a whole lot of sense. What's funny is that leaving AND staying had more negative than positive points. Classic. So! Realizing all of this, I devised a new money battle plan, wherein I allocate significantly more money into loan pay-off, scale back my savings, and try to keep a leash on all other expenses.
I've said it before but I'll say it again: being a grown-up is a drag.
In good, fun, lighthearted news: I'm headed to the MoMA with a friend, then a women's coffeehouse/poetry reading at the LGBT center. Tomorrow I run a 6K with another friend to help raise money and awareness for clean, accessible water. Busy weekend!
(While I write this, my elderly neighbor with dementia is shouting in Creole in the hallway. *sigh*)
I also sat down and created a massive pro/con list based on leaving NYC or staying here. When my primary objective right now is to pay off my student loans, leaving a steady job in an unstable economy doesn't make a whole lot of sense. What's funny is that leaving AND staying had more negative than positive points. Classic. So! Realizing all of this, I devised a new money battle plan, wherein I allocate significantly more money into loan pay-off, scale back my savings, and try to keep a leash on all other expenses.
I've said it before but I'll say it again: being a grown-up is a drag.
In good, fun, lighthearted news: I'm headed to the MoMA with a friend, then a women's coffeehouse/poetry reading at the LGBT center. Tomorrow I run a 6K with another friend to help raise money and awareness for clean, accessible water. Busy weekend!
(While I write this, my elderly neighbor with dementia is shouting in Creole in the hallway. *sigh*)