Well I am officially not a graduate-school geek. That whole graduation thing happened a few months ago, and I’ve been acclimating to non-student life ever since. I had one last hurrah of a summer, thankfully, before turning into a “real-world” citizen who (thankfully) managed to find a job.
Summer went something like this: sleeping; some contract work; watching Sounders FC matches; sleeping; job hunting; sleeping; panic-attacks over lack of job; sleeping; buying a car; sleeping; family members from NY arriving (2 adults, 4 children under 7); international friend visitation; babysitting mentioned nephews & niece; job interviews; driving 1,000 miles in one week; Whistler-with-friends; job acceptance & paperwork; goodbyes to friend and family; driving more between Seattle & Ferndale; starting new job…
Notice how sleep stopped happening along the way? Yeah, I did too.
So now the new job is fabulous, even though it has felt akin to trying to drink out of a gushing fire-hydrant. I’m still working on figuring out the new life-work balance. The weekdays are still difficult to adjust to – full days in the office and trying to squeeze in some evening activities before a relatively early bedtime. It is stress-relieving to finally have a full-time paycheck, but the stress from trying to figure out repayment of student loans is epic.
By the way, I should make a note that if the federal government wants to stimulate the economy, they should do a student-loan forgiveness program en masse. There would be a HUGE influx of revenue into the market from all of us recent graduates who are currently putting at least half of our paychecks into paying off debt. I’d still have some privately-held debt, but it would cut my total amount in half.
And the whole system for repayment is terribly confusing, disjointed and poorly designed.
But regardless, the only direction to move is forward.
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