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...this summer? Should I go on an $86 bike ride when I have college coming up, should I work this summer?
I live with my family, I am 19 year old guy. I just did the Seattle to Portland (STP) ride, 202 miles on my road bike in one day!! It is wonderful. I love to ride. I can ride alone for free practicing, but the feeling of big rides are fun for my family and me to enjoy. I am so fit to do them. But, here is my case: I am a money saving freak, but I have not job. I gave up one day a week due to partial layoff, and I also boss troubles wanting to fire me. So I just quit, but I kind of regret it due to money. I have $7700 in savings, my tuition will run $6000/year for two more years at a university plus about $1000-$2000/year for books. Plus I will be living at home, but need to commute by ferry which is $100-$200/month. Yes, money. I had $8400+ just months ago, but spent $400 on the STP ride. I just bought an $86 registration to another ride in the mountains. I am considering a fun 170 miler for $86. I am spending, yes. It is kind of pricey to participate in these rides, but should I quit spending?? I hear my family offers to help. But I may move out winter quarter. $$$, eek. I have earned scholarships, $1250 recently, $6000 last year. I may or may not earn any more, it is hard these days economically. I have an offer for some under the table work, but just one day. Probably $80. My mother says money is tight talks about bills (we've had some big ones recently). It is just her and my father is divorced from her, pays nothing. Yet she buys lawn products/shops for such things. I am old enough to buy my own stuff.
WHAT WOULD YOU DO, IN MY SHOES JUST TRYING TO GET MY MIND AWAY FROM SCHOOL ENJOY WHAT TIME I HAVE LEFT??
Thank you for your advice, which I hope is what I'm getting...
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My job: there is a job at target, the only opening I have found. It is a town away though. My mother does not like having her car (which I drive) away from the house all day. She "needs it." But college is starting again in the fall, it would only be for a month or two, little time for training and such. What would you do?
I live with my family, I am 19 year old guy. I just did the Seattle to Portland (STP) ride, 202 miles on my road bike in one day!! It is wonderful. I love to ride. I can ride alone for free practicing, but the feeling of big rides are fun for my family and me to enjoy. I am so fit to do them. But, here is my case: I am a money saving freak, but I have not job. I gave up one day a week due to partial layoff, and I also boss troubles wanting to fire me. So I just quit, but I kind of regret it due to money. I have $7700 in savings, my tuition will run $6000/year for two more years at a university plus about $1000-$2000/year for books. Plus I will be living at home, but need to commute by ferry which is $100-$200/month. Yes, money. I had $8400+ just months ago, but spent $400 on the STP ride. I just bought an $86 registration to another ride in the mountains. I am considering a fun 170 miler for $86. I am spending, yes. It is kind of pricey to participate in these rides, but should I quit spending?? I hear my family offers to help. But I may move out winter quarter. $$$, eek. I have earned scholarships, $1250 recently, $6000 last year. I may or may not earn any more, it is hard these days economically. I have an offer for some under the table work, but just one day. Probably $80. My mother says money is tight talks about bills (we've had some big ones recently). It is just her and my father is divorced from her, pays nothing. Yet she buys lawn products/shops for such things. I am old enough to buy my own stuff.
WHAT WOULD YOU DO, IN MY SHOES JUST TRYING TO GET MY MIND AWAY FROM SCHOOL ENJOY WHAT TIME I HAVE LEFT??
Thank you for your advice, which I hope is what I'm getting...
* 3 minutes ago
* - 1 week left to answer.
Additional Details
My job: there is a job at target, the only opening I have found. It is a town away though. My mother does not like having her car (which I drive) away from the house all day. She "needs it." But college is starting again in the fall, it would only be for a month or two, little time for training and such. What would you do?