'5:30 p.m. — I walk over to my Pilates class, prepaid with a pack of ten. On the way there, I think about how these classes are an expensive luxury that might have to go away soon.'
Was there an expectation for you to attend higher education? Did you participate in any form of higher education? If yes, how did you pay for it?
There have been years when I'm financially independent and years when I'm not. I paid for all my own"wants" in college. After college, I made $34,000 a year and was financially alone except for my dad paying my phone bill. Around age 27, the following happened...Two years ago, my family's business really took off and they started paying me $26,000 a year.
7 p.m. — I bundle up and head out on a long bike ride. On my way home, I pick up a package that's been waiting for me at a UPS pickup point. It's from some company I've never heard of, and when I open it it's a bunch of caramel and cheese popcorn, with no note. I assume it's a Christmas gift so I rip it open and eat it., I order a Christmas gift for my dad, a Peloton shirt. I freak out about money and cancel a Dysport appointment I had scheduled later this week.
6:30 p.m. — After class, I hop on the bus to head to a thrift store . Somehow I get on the wrong bus, so I get off a few stops later and end up walking extra far to the store. I'm hosting Christmas for my dad and stepmom this weekend, so I pick up some cool serving ware.7:30 p.m. — The bus is 20 minutes away and it's too far of a walk with all the fragile and heavy stuff I'm carrying. I call a Lyft to get me home.8:30 p.m.
4:30 p.m. — For early dinner, I bake some plant-based chicken nuggets and eat them with ranch. I officially get a “thanks, but no thanks” from Job 2. I set out my compost bucket for pick up tomorrow, then I walk to my yoga studio for class at 6. 7 p.m. — I spend the next couple of hours baking cookies for this weekend and switching loads of laundry at the laundromat down the block . I need to take a rapid test tonight before my parents drive over in the morning , but I realize I left the test at O.'s. He bikes it over along with a couple of ingredients I forgot.
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