One of the reasons I moved to this region was the draw of a higher salary and better financial perks.
After getting divorced and not so equally settling our debt situation, I was burdened with a great deal of red numbers to consider. The idea of having my housing paid for, a round-trip flight home given to me and a rather significant pay increase were all music to my ears.
Almost four years later, what do I have to show? Well, I now own my car after making payments. My sizable debt has gone down so that I might be nearly debt-free (with the exception of my school loans) in less than a year.
The question is should it have taken me so long to get here in my financial situation? Probably not. I have done more traveling than I should have, maybe. I have splurged on regular pampering to keep me destressed. I just don’t worry as much as I should.
HOWEVER, recent days have really made me want to find a better job. Yes, I said it. The joy of the financial boost is wearing off leaving behind the harsh reality that the job just ain’t all it’s cracked up to be without the money curtain to hide the nastiness. So, I’ve contemplated whether or not to leave the region.
Sadly, I’m not financially stable enough to pull that off yet. If I stay another four years, I can be completely debt free with savings to boot. That includes my lifetime school loans! So…by the time I am 40 I can actually have black numbers showing for my life’s work, which is a big motivation indeed.
Plus, if I ever manage to finish my doctorate and find a better job in this region that time period can be shortened. Thus, I have a new goal set before me! 頑張ります！
-T 😀
