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Hey guys, need some advice.
Next year I'm going for Engineering and will attempt to pursue a space related "career" (get involved in that area at first, might change focus if something comes up). The colleges I have in mind are are quite good but cheap, so I don't have to sacrifice my future because of debt and my parents will pay the tuition. I'm going to work during the summers of college to get some money (either sales, in retail or webdesign freelancing, this one I intend to do during the year).
That being said I've got a decision to make, should I stay at home and buy a cheap car. Or try to rent a room in the city near my college?
I will be focused on having good grades and keep growing in the "academic" sense of the word in the areas that interest me but also keep my mind on opportunities and the putting in the action needed to make the ideas and projects become a reality. I'm planning to study abroad if possible or at least go on Erasmus program in 3/4 years (if I don't need to be in the country at the time), so it would be nice to save some money.
The numbers are:
If I stay at home I'll saving around 2-4k in the next three years compared to renting a room (deducted expenses from car).
If I stay home I'll have to commute somewhere between 1h30 to 3h00 a day (like I did this year), I can work in some of that time (between 1h and 1h30 when I'm in the train) but the rest is dead time.
There are obvious advantages in personal growth in terms of responsibility, flexibility and generally I feel like I need to grow. The downside is that it will be a tough talk with my parents (super strict and protective, for external reasons the mood hasn't been the greatest in my home lately) and I will have to make an attempt to make a compromise, I obviously want to keep the relationship as good as I can (to be honest I've been feeling strange at home and this isn't really healthy conflict) and it would be great if they kept with the monthly allowance.
On the other hand, 2-4k is quite a bit of money (and feels like renting is throwing money at a fire so I don't get too cold) and if I indeed stay at home, I'll have the car to move around, I'll just need to get real with my productivity to overcome that wasted time. I have a place in which I can study and work (don't know who are the crazies I might encounter in my apartment) and that money can be used as a fund to study abroad (intending to try to go for Germany).
In this situation what would you guys do? I know, it's not fastlane oriented, but in reality it doesn't make much difference towards those goals (except that in the city I can go to events way more easily and would make it easier to work in some startups, although none interests me at this point), I can freelance anywhere and most of the projects I'm trying bring forward are online based / don't need me in the city 24/7.
Would you rather save 2-4k and guarantee studying abroad in expense of some freedom and time. Or to spend that money and live in the city near college and make it a bit harder to study abroad?
I rambled a lot, I'll try to make this thread a bit more easy to read when I come back.
Thanks in advance for the help.
Next year I'm going for Engineering and will attempt to pursue a space related "career" (get involved in that area at first, might change focus if something comes up). The colleges I have in mind are are quite good but cheap, so I don't have to sacrifice my future because of debt and my parents will pay the tuition. I'm going to work during the summers of college to get some money (either sales, in retail or webdesign freelancing, this one I intend to do during the year).
That being said I've got a decision to make, should I stay at home and buy a cheap car. Or try to rent a room in the city near my college?
I will be focused on having good grades and keep growing in the "academic" sense of the word in the areas that interest me but also keep my mind on opportunities and the putting in the action needed to make the ideas and projects become a reality. I'm planning to study abroad if possible or at least go on Erasmus program in 3/4 years (if I don't need to be in the country at the time), so it would be nice to save some money.
The numbers are:
If I stay at home I'll saving around 2-4k in the next three years compared to renting a room (deducted expenses from car).
If I stay home I'll have to commute somewhere between 1h30 to 3h00 a day (like I did this year), I can work in some of that time (between 1h and 1h30 when I'm in the train) but the rest is dead time.
There are obvious advantages in personal growth in terms of responsibility, flexibility and generally I feel like I need to grow. The downside is that it will be a tough talk with my parents (super strict and protective, for external reasons the mood hasn't been the greatest in my home lately) and I will have to make an attempt to make a compromise, I obviously want to keep the relationship as good as I can (to be honest I've been feeling strange at home and this isn't really healthy conflict) and it would be great if they kept with the monthly allowance.
On the other hand, 2-4k is quite a bit of money (and feels like renting is throwing money at a fire so I don't get too cold) and if I indeed stay at home, I'll have the car to move around, I'll just need to get real with my productivity to overcome that wasted time. I have a place in which I can study and work (don't know who are the crazies I might encounter in my apartment) and that money can be used as a fund to study abroad (intending to try to go for Germany).
In this situation what would you guys do? I know, it's not fastlane oriented, but in reality it doesn't make much difference towards those goals (except that in the city I can go to events way more easily and would make it easier to work in some startups, although none interests me at this point), I can freelance anywhere and most of the projects I'm trying bring forward are online based / don't need me in the city 24/7.
Would you rather save 2-4k and guarantee studying abroad in expense of some freedom and time. Or to spend that money and live in the city near college and make it a bit harder to study abroad?
I rambled a lot, I'll try to make this thread a bit more easy to read when I come back.
Thanks in advance for the help.
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