Changing Priorities
It was quite pretty to look at, this hunk of a car polished a bright crimson. Even the other customer who was with us in the same office said that it was a pretty nice starter car. Pretty nice with a pretty price.
As we signed the documents though, the reality of the situation hit me. We will be paying for this car for the next six years. We will be paying insurance, and eventually we will apply for a refinancing. Big words for me, big words that only an adult can carry.
But what am I now, then? It all feels so adultish, everything that's been happening so far. So I must be an adult. I have been paying rent, paying the bills, doing the groceries, for about a year now. I have RESPONSIBILITIES.
And so, as the responsibilities increase, every day my priorities change more and more. The big questions start popping up, and I start thinking about the future.
My boss recently advised me to apply for a better posittion in another department in the company. It's going to be an administrative position in a support department, with better pay and better growth opportunities in the company. But it would mean less flexibility in schedule and more responsibilities. Also, our company is currently tying up with an online school for working professionals who can use my credit towards getting a Bachelors degree, finally, but in Business Administration.
This has left me conflicted for the past week. My brother tells me to actually do what I want to do. But at the same time, there are those bills to pay.
Such huge choices, and if I make the wrong one, I will only have myself to blame.
As we signed the documents though, the reality of the situation hit me. We will be paying for this car for the next six years. We will be paying insurance, and eventually we will apply for a refinancing. Big words for me, big words that only an adult can carry.
But what am I now, then? It all feels so adultish, everything that's been happening so far. So I must be an adult. I have been paying rent, paying the bills, doing the groceries, for about a year now. I have RESPONSIBILITIES.
And so, as the responsibilities increase, every day my priorities change more and more. The big questions start popping up, and I start thinking about the future.
My boss recently advised me to apply for a better posittion in another department in the company. It's going to be an administrative position in a support department, with better pay and better growth opportunities in the company. But it would mean less flexibility in schedule and more responsibilities. Also, our company is currently tying up with an online school for working professionals who can use my credit towards getting a Bachelors degree, finally, but in Business Administration.
This has left me conflicted for the past week. My brother tells me to actually do what I want to do. But at the same time, there are those bills to pay.
Such huge choices, and if I make the wrong one, I will only have myself to blame.