It is no secret how student debt is in the trillions now. Yikes! We all cringe when we hear that, and yet, everyone is still racking up debt thinking that school will pay off in the end. Hm. I am not so sure this is the case. I know too many college grads on a personal level that are working at jobs that don't pay them enough to pay back their loans in a decent amount of time. One of my friends worked for free for two years before landing an attorney position. Luckily for her, she could live at home with full support from her parents and had full scholarships for school. But what about everyone else in her position? Could they afford to work for free and did they even receive full scholarships? Most students would say no.
Another one of my friends racked up $150,000 of debt after graduating from a private university to a slump salary of $50,000. Again, yikes! Needless to say, there was definitely a much smarter way of going about her schooling to not have racked up that much debt, but the point is -- how ridiculous is this?! School tuition just keeps rising while salaries are not.
This is why I have decided that taking one class at a time is going to be much more realistic and beneficial for me. While college degrees no longer guarantee success, I am not going to invest 100% of my time and rack up ridiculous debt for a chance at success. I will, give part of my time though to a chance at success. In the mean time, I have a good job at In-N-Out that many people turn their noses down at. But you know what? I'm getting too tired to care about people's discriminations against job types. I know what I have, and it has potential for me to move up even if I don't necessarily love the job. It's a great job that has room for advancement. Managers are compensated well, and also have the opportunity for other jobs in the corporate office in Irvine. There are other miscellaneous jobs that come with management experience that are options as well if relocating to Irvine is not an option.
I'm going to keep moving up at In-N-Out. Even though some days are shitty, I also have some really oppositely fun days. The job is stressful work indeed as the physical demands are high and the pace at work is consistently speedy. Everything is about prioritizing your time, and one bad decision is the difference between staying ahead or being behind. I admire the higher levels at work and some of my managers because their experience at In-N-Out is fun to watch and their timing skills are impressive. Their tolerance levels for bullshit are abnormally high.
So I've been giving this some thought and discussed this with Ron the other day. I thought it would be a great idea to slowly work on my degree via one class at a time so it'll get finished one day. More importantly, so that I don't rack up debt. I know it isn't worth it. By the time Ron is ready to retire, I should be done with my degree, and perhaps, I'll move into the corporate office and step away from the stores. That would mean relocating to Irvine, but it's a very realistic option. It's nice to have options.
A few things that inspired me today to write this out:
http://www.askmen.com/money/career_400/493_jobs-without-college.html
http://www.ted.com/talks/sheryl_sandberg_why_we_have_too_few_women_leaders
Saturday, March 29, 2014
Thursday, March 20, 2014
Tofu is Bad
If you're wondering where to get organic, non GMO, gluten-free tofu, here is the website:
Organic Tofu <-- click it
They sell this at Costco, and that is where I purchase it.
Not all tofu is equal, and there is nothing wrong with eating it if you eat the right kind.
Check it out. Look at the ingredients for yourself.
I do the same with soy milk. Always, always organic. That's the best way to eat anything!
I am really seeing how people like to tear you down when you eat really strictly. They will pick apart any little part of your diet just to make themselves feel better for the crap they eat. Just know that ahead of time, and don't let them get all "pesticide on your veggies" on you. If they do, just let them say it. At the end of the day, your veggies, fruits and horrible soy are keeping you leaner than 90% of everyone elses diets anyway. Yes, I went there. This is a safe place for me to vent about others who are constantly poking at my diet in some way or another while I sit there in silence and just nod my head to keep the peace.
One lady even went as far as telling me, "Ron needs to not eat so much soy. It will give him man boobs."
Not strangely enough, thirteen years later, Ron does not have man boobs and is in much better shape and looks younger than most people his age. What study was this? And for how long was this study conducted? And what kind of soy was being consumed? Yeah, they NEVER know the answers to those questions.
Fucking people.
Oh well!
Let 'em poke fun and continue on with your delicious tofu cookings. I've dropped a solid 10 lbs and I am feeling much happier now than I was when I was eating crap that I enjoyed in my mouth for a whole twenty minutes with all the terrible after effects of an overly full tummy, being bloated, not able to lose weight, feeling sluggish, not sleeping well.
Now? My body is tired when it should be. I sleep uninterrupted. My body is transforming. I enjoy what I'm eating more now because the after effects are all positive. I'm not bloated. I don't feel grossly full. I'm not up at night trying to sleep. My stomach feels cleaner because I'm pooping twice a day, nice big ones! My size is slowly but surely going down.
It's taken a while for me to train this way, but it is so worth it now. Now, I see that eating to enjoy food really wasn't an enjoyment at all. It's eating to enjoy how I feel afterwards that is really the enjoyment for me now. It's the after effects that are pleasing. So, again, I emphasize that when people are determined to give you a piece of their diet knowledge, just know first hand the benefits of what you are doing feel 1,345,678,234,035,434 times better than whatever the hell they're doing. I know this because I crossed the fence. I was on the other side at one time, and the grass really is greener on this side.
Ha, yes, ironically GREENER!
Organic Tofu <-- click it
They sell this at Costco, and that is where I purchase it.
Not all tofu is equal, and there is nothing wrong with eating it if you eat the right kind.
Check it out. Look at the ingredients for yourself.
I do the same with soy milk. Always, always organic. That's the best way to eat anything!
I am really seeing how people like to tear you down when you eat really strictly. They will pick apart any little part of your diet just to make themselves feel better for the crap they eat. Just know that ahead of time, and don't let them get all "pesticide on your veggies" on you. If they do, just let them say it. At the end of the day, your veggies, fruits and horrible soy are keeping you leaner than 90% of everyone elses diets anyway. Yes, I went there. This is a safe place for me to vent about others who are constantly poking at my diet in some way or another while I sit there in silence and just nod my head to keep the peace.
One lady even went as far as telling me, "Ron needs to not eat so much soy. It will give him man boobs."
Not strangely enough, thirteen years later, Ron does not have man boobs and is in much better shape and looks younger than most people his age. What study was this? And for how long was this study conducted? And what kind of soy was being consumed? Yeah, they NEVER know the answers to those questions.
Fucking people.
Oh well!
Let 'em poke fun and continue on with your delicious tofu cookings. I've dropped a solid 10 lbs and I am feeling much happier now than I was when I was eating crap that I enjoyed in my mouth for a whole twenty minutes with all the terrible after effects of an overly full tummy, being bloated, not able to lose weight, feeling sluggish, not sleeping well.
Now? My body is tired when it should be. I sleep uninterrupted. My body is transforming. I enjoy what I'm eating more now because the after effects are all positive. I'm not bloated. I don't feel grossly full. I'm not up at night trying to sleep. My stomach feels cleaner because I'm pooping twice a day, nice big ones! My size is slowly but surely going down.
It's taken a while for me to train this way, but it is so worth it now. Now, I see that eating to enjoy food really wasn't an enjoyment at all. It's eating to enjoy how I feel afterwards that is really the enjoyment for me now. It's the after effects that are pleasing. So, again, I emphasize that when people are determined to give you a piece of their diet knowledge, just know first hand the benefits of what you are doing feel 1,345,678,234,035,434 times better than whatever the hell they're doing. I know this because I crossed the fence. I was on the other side at one time, and the grass really is greener on this side.
Ha, yes, ironically GREENER!
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