I initially created this blog in so that I could share my thoughts, feelings, and reflections during my time in Cambodia. Writing out my thoughts became quite therapeutic actually, because it helped me to sort out what I was feeling, and why I was feeling those feelings.
I’m very grateful that I had the opportunity to go to college. I think that it has certainly made me the person that I am today and has taught me things about myself and about life that are irreplaceable. The people, places, and things that I’ve seen as a result of college are certainly among my most treasured memories of my 23 years thus far. However, the expenses of those experiences are overwhelming, and even enslaving at times because places a large damper on what you can and cannot do.
I’ve always been told, and this is still mostly true, that going to college will get you a better job. But, when you owe so much in student loans, is a better job necessarily ‘better’ when you’re spending half of what you make to pay back the money you spent in order to get that job?
There is one thing that I’ve never let myself do, and that is to live in the past. The decisions I’ve made were what I thought was best at the time, and thats something that I have to live with. Do I regret going to college? Absolutely not. Do I regret not ever getting any guidance on the type of apartment I should get and how to minimize the loan amount that I should take out? Of course. However, the loans I owe will be there regardless of the amount of stress I put on myself, so the only real way to deal with the stress of loans is to make my payments and continue about my life knowing that the money was well spent and got me to where I am today.
