I know that money is not everything. I also know, however, that I am feeling a little poor right now and that the thought of having more money is tempting.
This summer, I have a couple of things set in stone. 1) I have to take two classes that will go from mid-May until the end of June. 2) I will be working at least 20 hours a week at the Center, doing a continuation of school-year stuff. Now, the Center pays well -- about twice what I would make doing your average run of the mill retail job. However, the hours I am scheduled to work there this summer will still only cover my rent and tuition, leaving me to live of money I have stashed away in savings unless I get another, part-time job to supplement.
The question is whether I will actually have a nice, mentally healthy summer if I do so. Now, I know that 10 hours a week behind a cash register at the bookstore is nothing tragic, but am I going to feel totally burnt out if I do that in addition to the Center and classes? Furthermore, I think that my classes this summer are going to be pretty easy...but what if they're not? Then I'll have shot myself in the foot, struggling to do a lot of extra schoolwork on top of work-for-money.
I'm just not sure whether I want to apply to get another job for the spending money, or just say to heck with it and live off my savings (frugally, of course), and have a good, quasi-restful summer.
2 comments:
So, you can maybe accept a little more debt and feel a little less stressed this summer by not working another job or you can choose to put up with a little more stress and have a little more money. Which of these two options is more important to you? And in the long run, which will make you a happier person? A few weeks of extra income (or no extra income) will not affect your long-term condition. Look at the big picture, dearheart. Life is short and a few weeks of work will not make or break you.
Loads of love,
Mom
Ann has a point there. I would ask, further, if maybe it's worth trying it out to see just how bad it is. Sometimes I find, in my own corner of the world, that my dread of a thing is much worse than the thing itself.
And working in a bookstore gives you unremitted access to lots of books...now, this is just ME, but maybe it's worth a SHOT...I remember my days of working retail in the book department of a chain, and it wasn't the money that was my happy time there. Nope, not at all.
Another thought (are you groaning yet? sorry!): sometimes we think we need more money than we really do. I learned this the hard way too. So maybe what you think you need is the "extra" that can be cut out...
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