So What Do I Do When I'm Done in GJ?

Lately, I've been thinking that finding a real job after GJ, just to leave it after 6 months to go to a publishing institute will be a big hassle. It will probably mean moving again and having to pay rent while I'm at the institute.

Then again, with the job I'll be taking, I won't be able to pay off as much of my student loans as I would have liked, so maybe a publishing institute in a year will be an unreasonable expectation without a real job.

I was just kind of thinking I could get a temporary job as an administrative assistant or shelving books in a library or something. I could live with my parents, pay them minimal rent (which seems lame); I think Mom would appreciate the company. It will be tough, but then I could save up more and pay off more--maybe.

No, wait. I did the math. If I make minimum wage; pay my parents $200/month in rent; and just make the basic payments on my car, loans, car insurance, and Netflix (don't judge); I will have about $164/month leftover to save up for a publishing institute. That sucks. Take off the $30/month I spend on my cat, plus occassionally eating out, having coffee, and getting books, I will just scrape by and not save a penny, living with my parents.

Okay, real job it is. Also, minimum wage is not reasonable for anyone but a high schooler.

It's really too bad that universities don't charge based upon the money making potential of a degree. I paid just as much for my degree as an engineer, but they'll be able to pay off their loans. In essence, I also help pay for that engineer's degree. He/she pays the same for tuition, but engineering professors make more. That means that what I pay is probably helping to balance out and alleviate his education expenses. Not fair. Oh well. I guess I will hope that many of the engineers going into the field are low-income first generation college students, so that I can feel better about my tuition contribution.

I'm rambling. Time to annotate.