OK, Father’s Day is over. Back to work. How’s that for some Monday Motivation? Seriously, I hope you had a great weekend regardless of whether you celebrated the dads day thing or not.
Speaking of back to work, I read an interesting article on that. Sort of.
It was actually a story of a young woman, a wife and mother, who has a job. So, she doesn’t need to go “back to work.” But she’s thinking she might go back to college so she can do some other sort of work life. She said this…
“When the job I had in college working under an accountant fizzled out, I was panicking to find a way to pay off my car. I landed a part-time teller job at a local bank at 20, and I’ve been there ever since. Now I work full time in the bank’s research department. I’m married with one child. And we’re renting a place. But my husband and I both feel we should go back to school to finish our degrees.
Job security is a big reason why I stayed at my current job. In the almost 10 years I’ve worked here I’ve never worried about layoffs, but I’m weighing other options now.
My husband works full time and goes to university.
And we pay all cash for his schooling. When he’s finished, the plan is for me to return to school for a degree in social work. I’m only going back because I feel like I have to go to school if I want to get the job I want and be paid a decent wage.
I don’t think you have to go to school to make a livable wage. Because my husband did a computer-programming boot camp that’s helped him make pretty good money without a degree. However, I’ve struggled in my job search. In the worlds of social work and psychology, you have to have a degree just to get your foot in the door.
I’m a millennial turning 30 this year. So, I feel a sense of pressure to have certain milestones accomplished. A lot of my peers have thousands and hundreds of thousands of dollars in student loans. So I do feel we’re a little bit ahead not having student-loan debt. But we don’t own a house, we still have some debt, and I wish we had larger savings.
I feel like we’re behind, but not too bad.
In five years I’ll definitely be in the career that I want and out of debt. And we’ll own a house. I believe that 100%.
My advice to someone entering their 20s would be to stay out of debt, don’t get credit cards, and don’t get a new car. And work while you have no children and lots of energy. If you’re attempting to enroll in university, apply for scholarships and grants whether you think you’ll get them or not.”
OK, Ronda here again.
That young woman has a pretty good head on her shoulders. But I DO think she should consider more options. College/university isn’t the only way to improve your work life and income. Not by a long shot. Especially if you have a clear vision of who you are and where you wanna go. She said she 100% believes she’ll be in the career she wants in five years. And that she and her husband will be out of debt and own a house.
Of course, I think her vision could use some tweaking.
But it’s a good start. And I always say start with Vision.
So, that’s why the very first lessons in RondaReady YOUniversity are designed to help you discover your Vision. And they can help you focus your energy in the direction you’d actually like to go. With strategies to help you know how to get there. AND maybe even head that direction way before your 30th birthday.
How about we talk about it some more? Book a free call with me, with that handy calendar below. And give me a chance to see where you wanna go in life. I’d love to help YOU if I can.
Now, back to work with you. But don’t put this off. Let’s talk soon.
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