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10 years ago
So these last few months have been pretty hectic for myself, but mostly a good hectic, if that makes sense. I mean, I am graduating my pipefitting course next Friday, my brother and sister both graduated high school, my cousin got her degree, I have a start to my career now also, with a very good company. I am absolutely loving my career field so far, but I also am feeling kinda "holy shit, I've done a 180 in my life, am going somewhere successful,but am also kinda lost in myself." Which I know doesn't make sense.
It's kinda like I have been wanting this for a long time, and now that I have it, I don't know what to do. Sorta like a dog that chases cars. If it ever caught one, what would it do with it? I mean, I know I have job security. One of the things I don't have to worry about is a job. Even if I'm not kept after my 90 trial period, there are a LOT of places hiring pipefitters. And some of those places start at $22+ an hour. So it isn't even remotely a worry with me.
Maybe it's just I'm kinda unsure what to set as my next goal. Buy my own house? Take a vacation to Europe or wherever? I don't know. I know I'll want my own house, I want one now, but don't have the means to buy it. And if for whatever reason this company doesn't keep me, I may be on the road a LOT. Which means I don't want to get involved in a contract at the moment.
I also, save for the lean on my car by my parents (which isn't an issue. It will get paid entirely in a couple months) am debt free. I paid off my loan for school 2 weeks ago, which for the amount of time I took to pay it off, is impressive. I literally paid off a $14,000 loan in about 6 months. Granted, I had most of that saved up.
Now, I understand that a house is a good next goal, but I kinda want to stay debt free. No payments to worry about (save for bills). But I still want to do it. As it sits, In no more than 4 years, I'll be bringing home over $1,000 a week. This is starting to get into moderately lavish living wages, as I live in Oklahoma. That does not include bonuses, which can get pretty big.
I don't know. Maybe you all have some insight here. I'm not living in an apartment. I can very easily get a house. Even if I did rent, it would be a house. A very nice house (nice part of town, 1000-2000sf, garage, etc.) runs about $800-$1000 a month. Apartments are just slightly less. No point in me getting an apartment.
Oh well. Feels nice to at least write it in a journal. Sorry if I rambled a bit.
It's kinda like I have been wanting this for a long time, and now that I have it, I don't know what to do. Sorta like a dog that chases cars. If it ever caught one, what would it do with it? I mean, I know I have job security. One of the things I don't have to worry about is a job. Even if I'm not kept after my 90 trial period, there are a LOT of places hiring pipefitters. And some of those places start at $22+ an hour. So it isn't even remotely a worry with me.
Maybe it's just I'm kinda unsure what to set as my next goal. Buy my own house? Take a vacation to Europe or wherever? I don't know. I know I'll want my own house, I want one now, but don't have the means to buy it. And if for whatever reason this company doesn't keep me, I may be on the road a LOT. Which means I don't want to get involved in a contract at the moment.
I also, save for the lean on my car by my parents (which isn't an issue. It will get paid entirely in a couple months) am debt free. I paid off my loan for school 2 weeks ago, which for the amount of time I took to pay it off, is impressive. I literally paid off a $14,000 loan in about 6 months. Granted, I had most of that saved up.
Now, I understand that a house is a good next goal, but I kinda want to stay debt free. No payments to worry about (save for bills). But I still want to do it. As it sits, In no more than 4 years, I'll be bringing home over $1,000 a week. This is starting to get into moderately lavish living wages, as I live in Oklahoma. That does not include bonuses, which can get pretty big.
I don't know. Maybe you all have some insight here. I'm not living in an apartment. I can very easily get a house. Even if I did rent, it would be a house. A very nice house (nice part of town, 1000-2000sf, garage, etc.) runs about $800-$1000 a month. Apartments are just slightly less. No point in me getting an apartment.
Oh well. Feels nice to at least write it in a journal. Sorry if I rambled a bit.
I'd start by saving up some money, put some on retirement (which I'm told you always need to be thinking about) then put some into savings. Once you know the area you're going to stay in, then I'd consider buying a house.
In the interim I'd see what it takes to become a land lord. If you ever have to move and you've got most of the house paid off, you can have someone else rent the house and make money off of it. There may even be land lord organizations that'll help with property management if you move to another state.
Also, we've yet to hang out! We should fix this. X3
And yes, we do need to hang! Perhaps text me a good time? it is the weekend! :D