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I’m considering doing part-time work, but I’m not sure if it’s a good idea yet.

Okay so some of my pals here know I’m well into my time at university, and anyone who has done post secondary knows how busy and stressful it can get. I have a hard time focusing and studying sometimes- I learn best from doing and interacting, textbooks on the other hand are dull. Normally, because of this, I wouldn’t consider doing work at all and I would focus my time on my studies and work my butt off in the summer like I usually do.

But… there is the apartment. I have worked a lot this summer, but the job I was in did not pay a whole lot. I’m going for high pay and low dignity next summer (25 an hour to use a broom? Deal!!) but as it stands, I have just enough to cover tuition and rent.

Electricity and internet are separate but both are crucial; as students, my roommate and I need the internet 24/7 to have contact with professors, study groups, research, use of moodle, use of the university site, not to mention a constant watch on waitlisted courses so we can actually attend the classes we enrolled in.

That being said… it’s expensive! But I have no idea how expensive yet because we wont get our first bill until the end of the month.

I’m petrified that I won’t have sufficient funds to pay for all these necessities, plus food, plus textbooks all year long.

So that would leave me with finding work, which wouldn’t normally be an issue but finding work in this city is **** near impossible right now. A friend of mine refuses to quite her $10 an hour job at a retail store because it’s the only one she has managed to get hold of in years. Experience and resumes are no issue- it’s just a lot of people in a small town.

I guess that thought stresses me out the most. I have no problem with putting in time and effort, I mean, I did several shifts from 6am this summer that lasted until 12:30am at night when one of the tour bus drivers had to take a week of when his uncle passed away. They let me take a few hours to nap in the office of course, and I have zero complaints about overtime, but you get the picture.

But the fact that I might not even have a chance at a job? I’d be happy to flip burgers at McDonalds if it came to it… if it weren’t for the fact that people are fighting tooth and nail for even those jobs.

Jeez, what kind of city did I move into… being independent is tough. But I do want to be independent. I have an education fund, but I don’t want to tap into it… my parents have done so much for me, and even though that money is in my name, I don’t want to rely on them. You know? I want to earn my way through this world by working for it.

What do you guys think of the whole situation? Moving isn’t an option btw- it’s wintertime and the place is packed with students. We had to pay rent in August when we weren’t even planning to move in until September just to reserve this place! Usually I list moving into a cheaper place as an option when poeple are having money issues but it isn’t always a good suggestion…

So…. yeah. Not having money issue yet, but worried I might. I guess that’s the gist…

I’m considering doing part-time work, but I’m not sure if it’s a good idea yet.

Okay so some of my pals here know I’m well into my time at university, and anyone who has done post secondary knows how busy and stressful it can get. I have a hard time focusing and studying sometimes- I learn best from doing and interacting, textbooks on the other hand are dull. Normally, because of this, I wouldn’t consider doing work at all and I would focus my time on my studies and work my butt off in the summer like I usually do.

But… there is the apartment. I have worked a lot this summer, but the job I was in did not pay a whole lot. I’m going for high pay and low dignity next summer (25 an hour to use a broom? Deal!!) but as it stands, I have just enough to cover tuition and rent.

Electricity and internet are separate but both are crucial; as students, my roommate and I need the internet 24/7 to have contact with professors, study groups, research, use of moodle, use of the university site, not to mention a constant watch on waitlisted courses so we can actually attend the classes we enrolled in.

That being said… it’s expensive! But I have no idea how expensive yet because we wont get our first bill until the end of the month.

I’m petrified that I won’t have sufficient funds to pay for all these necessities, plus food, plus textbooks all year long.

So that would leave me with finding work, which wouldn’t normally be an issue but finding work in this city is **** near impossible right now. A friend of mine refuses to quit her $10 per hour job at a retail store because it’s the only one she has managed to get hold of in years. Experience and resumes are no issue- it’s just a lot of people in a small town.

I guess that thought stresses me out the most. I have no problem with putting in time and effort, I mean, I did several shifts from 6am this summer that lasted until 12:30am at night when one of the tour bus drivers had to take a week of when his uncle passed away. They let me take a few hours to nap in the office of course, and I have zero complaints about overtime, but you get the picture.

But the fact that I might not even have a chance at a job? I’d be happy to flip burgers at McDonalds if it came to it… if it weren’t for the fact that people are fighting tooth and nail for even those jobs.

Jeez, what kind of city did I move into… being independent is tough. But I do want to be independent. I have an education fund, but I don’t want to tap into it… my parents have done so much for me, and even though that money is in my name, I don’t want to rely on them. You know? I want to earn my way through this world by working for it.

What do you guys think of the whole situation? Moving isn’t an option btw- it’s wintertime and the place is packed with students. We had to pay rent in August when we weren’t even planning to move in until September just to reserve this place! Usually I list moving into a cheaper place as an option when poeple are having money issues but it isn’t always a good suggestion…

So…. yeah. Not having money issue yet, but worried I might. I guess that’s the gist…

I’m considering doing part-time work, but I’m not sure if it’s a good idea yet.

Okay so some of my pals here know I’m well into my time at university, and anyone who has done post secondary knows how busy and stressful it can get. I have a hard time focusing and studying sometimes- I learn best from doing and interacting, textbooks on the other hand are dull. Normally, because of this, I wouldn’t consider doing work at all and I would focus my time on my studies and work my butt off in the summer like I usually do.

But… there is the apartment. I have worked a lot this summer, but the job I was in did not pay a whole lot. I’m going for high pay and low dignity next summer (25 an hour to use a broom? Deal!!) but as it stands, I have just enough to cover tuition and rent.

Electricity and internet are separate but both are crucial; as students, my roommate and I need the internet 24/7 to have contact with professors, study groups, research, use of moodle, use of the university site, not to mention a constant watch on waitlisted courses so we can actually attend the classes we enrolled in.

That being said… it’s expensive! But I have no idea how expensive yet because we wont get our first bill until the end of the month.

I’m petrified that I won’t have sufficient funds to pay for all these necessities, plus food, plus textbooks all year long.

So that would leave me with finding work, which wouldn’t normally be an issue but finding work in this city is **** near impossible right now. A friend of mine refuses to quit her $10 per hour job at a retail store because it’s the only one she has managed to get hold of in years. Experience and resumes are no issue- it’s just a lot of people in a small town.

I guess that thought stresses me out the most. I have no problem with putting in time and effort, I mean, I did several shifts from 6am this summer that lasted until 12:30am at night when one of the tour bus drivers had to take a week of when his uncle passed away. They let me take a few hours to nap in the office of course, and I have zero complaints about overtime, but you get the picture.

But the fact that I might not even have a chance at a job? I’d be happy to flip burgers at McDonalds if it came to it… if it weren’t for the fact that people are fighting tooth and nail for even those jobs.

Jeez, what kind of city did I move into… being independent is tough. But I do want to be independent. I have an education fund, but I don’t want to tap into it… my parents have done so much for me, and even though that money is in my name, I don’t want to rely on them. You know? I want to earn my way through this world by working for it.

What do you guys think of the whole situation? Moving isn’t an option btw- it’s wintertime and the place is packed with students. We had to pay rent in August when we weren’t even planning to move in until September just to reserve this place! Usually I list moving into a cheaper place as an option when people are having money issues but it isn’t always a good suggestion…

So…. yeah. Not having money issues yet, but worried I might. I guess that’s the gist…