3. Get A Job - Currently, I live at home with my parents. I moved home after recently graduating in December. My GPA was half decent, but with the recent downfall of the automotive companies and my unwillingness to work for the people who print the money (The Department of Defense is always hiring, they make money for them to hire if there is none.) I am currently unemployed. Not cool. Not cool at all. Even if my parents let me live here for free forever, I wouldn't want to. Most of my friends left the area the day we graduated high school, if not then by the end of that summer. The few that are still in the area are either still in school, trying desperately to get out of the area, or have full-time jobs. I need to get out of here, but until I can afford to live somewhere else (And I only mean live. I'm a recent grad. I don't eat lobster for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. I don't really need cable or a land line. And most public libraries have internet if it really gets that bad...) I am stuck here. In the middle of nowhere. Instead of in the city. Where I truly belong.
4. Take Control of My Finances - Once I have a job, I don't want to waste all of my money on things that I don't really care about. For the most part I'll be following the advice of Ramit Sethi of I Will Teach You To Be Rich on his blog and in his book. Spend on what you love, Save on what you don't care about. Essentially, I get to keep my coffee, tea, scented candles and pet but say goodbye to magazines I don't really read, soda that I don't really drink and high cable bills when I only watch 5 shows that I can also watch online. My goal is to have $1000 in my savings account by December 31. That shouldn't be too hard as long as I can get through goal #3...
As an added bonus, If I can reach my savings goal and manage to be able to have a concrete spending plan I think I'm going to start reading some of the books off of The Personal MBA Reading List. This list is 99 of the best personal finance, personal development, and general business knowledge books out there. Although maybe I'll give myself credit for this part anyway since Ramit's book is on the Personal MBA list this year.
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