Change is so needed

This blog is slightly reminiscent of the last one. One could find them to be distant cousins or something of the sort I am sure. I suppose I shall start off by discussing what is new and exciting in my world.

After things went South (no pun intended) with my planned move to California I found myself having an early 20's life crisis. I began to feel trapped having lived in the same city for 5 years, finding myself still working at the same job I had in undergrad (working at the beloved Bux) and watching many of my dear friends began to move away...In other words, I began to feel very trapped in a rut. Since graduating in 2007 with degrees in both English Literature and Psychology I have made the decision that I want to go back to school. I desperately want to cut hair for a living. I love reading, books and writing but I feel like going to grad school would be forcing a not me decision. I am kind of a nerd in a sense but never have felt the desire for years more of schooling. A couple of years ago I decided against becoming a teacher (which is pretty much what I thought I would do for years). I also changed my mind about going to grad school for Psychology.

I have always felt like I needed to do something out of the typical 9-5 job. Something that would allow me to be creative. Something that would be an outlet for my social/quirky personality. Cutting hair combines so many things that I enjoy and am passionate about. It is very people oriented, creativity requiring, demanding, competitive, social and lastly I think it will be fun! Imagine that in a career! ;-) It also will pay the bills and allow me to write and pursue other hobbies (photography, cooking, taking more spanish classes and playing music).

Since the whole Cali thing fell through I have been trying to figure out what the next step is. I really want to start school as soon as possible but I also want to take out loans for as little as possible and to have some money saved up for living expenses. I am good at paying bills, having enough money for expenses, etc. but I tend to suck at saving money. I pondered moving to Nashville but didn't really have enough funds so that idea quickly fell through as well.

My life felt like a conundrum until I had the sudden realization of what I should do. I decided to move to Cleveland, TN (near Chattanooga) until May at least and live with my brothers, transfer to another Starbucks and save some money. It is amazing how much my living expenses have already gone down since I moved here less than a week ago. The only thing that will cost more is the amount of money that I spend on gas (since I now have to drive 30 min. to work). Other than that things will be much better. My rent is cut in half and I have 2 less bills! Woohoo! :-)

So that is what I decided to do with my life (until the summer months at least)...More updates and exciting happenings to follow.

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