So...yeah...

[mis_creation]

(Sorry Ryan, you're getting this twice)

My Monthly expenses:

Cell phone: $35
ISP: $11
Loan Repayment: $130
Netflix: $15
Credit Card: $125-ish (gas, basically)

Total: $316 +/- credit card payments

All that, I can afford on the basic salary at the library, based on 12 hours a week ($340/month).

If I move out, I'm looking at the added expense of probably $500-600 with rent ($300-400) and groceries ($200 give-or-take).

So, if I find another job at the same pay ($8/hr, which works out with taxes and shit to a functional $7) that'll give me 16-20 or more hours a week, I'll be earning something like $448-560/month with that job (or more would be nice). Which would put my total monthly income at $748-900/month.

It almost works (if I ditch Netflix it's even closer). If I can find a job that will work around the library job, and give me up to 25-30 hours a week (in four full days with no library shifts, Mondays after-noon and Friday and Saturday mornings), it could work. Or if, *gasp* I find a job that pays more (like $9/hr to give me a functional $8), I'll actually have extra money after paying for everything.

But the problem in finding a job in Fort Collins in the summer is that it's all either seasonal (camp counselors and staff for summer-time resorts and just no), which won't do me much good in the long run anyway, or full-time, which means I'd have to quit the library which would make me very, very sad and screw with my career goals. You'd think there'd be more jobs in the summer with the college-student pool much reduced, but that actually means that not a lot of places hire because of the lower population.

I mean, hellfires, Erin works full time, often more than, and she's barely breaking even.

It should not be this hard to have a life...

Comments

[dukerevolution.livejournal.com]

You may have to spread your feelers out a little more and look to move to someplace slightly more metropolitan where the work isn't based on the migration of the wild collegius studentus. Not now, of course - save up a couple G's to pay for a few months' living expenses when you strike out in a year or two. That way you can essentially devote all your time to job-hunting at whatever location you end up.

This was my plan for a while, but then the Navy attacked Brain Harbor. No idea if it works, but it'd be a good experience. Just be sure to have an "escape fund" to go back home if things don't work out.

[musesrealm.livejournal.com]

Finding a decent job in this town if you are a college graduate isn't easy. It took me 4 years to land a job in my field that wasn't subbing. Granted, I was very picky, but still. Thank the Gods for parents!

This may sound a little crazy, but maybe you could start volunteering at Ten Thousand Villages. I've met *tons* of people and made a boat-load of contacts working there. Maybe one of them could help you out with finding an additional job. And it could help you work on your people skills in a low-key, low-stress, and fun and happy environment. Just a thought...

And we totally need to get together some time! This week is Spring Break for me, and besides Mom's list of "Things To Do" I don't have a whole lot going on.