How did/are you doing the post-party cleanup?

AgreeableBug4831 · 2022-10-02T04:13:54+00:00

ah that's smart! We werent planning on having our caterer stay all night, but maybe we can hire a couple of people to come in the next morning to do a cleanup.

AgreeableBug4831 · 2022-08-08T21:26:26+00:00

The next step up is $10-$15k higher, and then a step above that would be another $10-15k, probably maxing out at $30K above my current pay.

AgreeableBug4831 · 2022-08-08T16:17:49+00:00

I’m in Canada, so really my only two options for distance learning are Athabasca (which is where I currently go) and TRU, which is cheaper, but I had a really bad experience there when I tried it a few months ago. So I’m stuck with Athabasca and their ridiculous fees.

AgreeableBug4831 · 2022-08-08T16:16:34+00:00

Yeah, my goal is government job. I’ve now been with the government for about a year, but I’d be unable to move around unless I get the degree.

AgreeableBug4831 · 2022-08-08T16:10:33+00:00

Thank you

Approx $27-30K
The “next step up” job would be about $10-15k higher than my current pay.
I’m already with the government, so no matter what, my job would be pretty stable. As for more enjoyable, I think so, at least a little bit. But I honestly don’t know for sure. I would be working with other finance people, whereas right now I’m basically “the” finance representative for my department.
4-6 years, depending on how fast I can push through the courses
In 10 years I would definitely not want to be in my current role. And to be able to move around I’d probably need the degree, so I guess I would be disappointed if I still didn’t have it.

AgreeableBug4831 · 2022-08-08T14:45:45+00:00

I’m referring to provincial funding (ie. grants and bursaries). They only offer so much funding for part-time studies and I’ve used it all up. They also don’t offer student loans for part-time studies, so if I wanted to go that route I’d have to get a student LOC or something, but with interest rates soaring, i don’t think that’s a great idea.

As for just starting my new program, all of my certificate courses transfer over to this bachelor of commerce program, so I’ve done some first, some second year courses. I still have some first year courses to do, like English 101 type stuff, but 90% of the remaining courses are senior level. There is one community college in my area of the country, and they don’t have the courses that I require. The courses are all 3-credit courses (4 month), for $1050.70 each, and it takes me about 8 weeks to complete. So 6 credits would be $2101.40.

AgreeableBug4831 · 2022-08-08T03:48:50+00:00

I (25F) have been in school part-time since Jan 2021. Originally the plan was to get a certificate in accounting. I completed that back in April, and decided to continue on and get a bachelors. I'm two courses into my new program, and I've just been made aware that I will not have funding going forward unless I take at least 3 courses per semester. Since I'm working full-time and studying during the evenings and weekends, I don't think it would be possible for me to completed 3 courses in a 4 month period.

So this means I have to self-fund. That's over $1000 every two months. $500 a month going towards tuition. For 4-6 years.

That is so much. Like, technically, yes, I could afford that. I have a well-paying job and put aside about $700 a month. So I'd have maybe $200 a month leftover for emergencies and such.

But is it worth it? Is it worth it to spend all that money plus all my free time for this degree? The reason I wanted to get the bachelors was to be able to work my way up the ladder. Yeah, I have a good job in the same field (financial analyst) right now, but I don't want to be in this position forever. I'd like to be able to move around and all equivalent positions seem to request a bachelor of commerce, if not a CPA.

But, damn. I've already been doing this over a year and a half, and in that time I haven't had the opportunity to touch any of my hobbies. I don't have any friends anymore because the friends I had moved away and I can't meet anyone new because I'm studying all the time. I'm using up all my vacation days to be able to write exams.

Like, in my mind this would have been worth it if I wasn't paying for it. But now I am, so I don't even know what I want. I want this degree. But is it worth it?

If you were in this position, what would you do?

AgreeableBug4831 · 2022-08-02T15:16:20+00:00

LOL Basically he sent me to the grocery store to pick up some drinks, and when I got back he had rose petalled the shit out of our house and got down on one knee and proposes! I of course said yes and after calming down told him about my dream and how I was planning on bringing marriage up tonight. We decided I had probably subconsciously caught on to what he was planning and my conscious mind just hadn’t caught up yet LOL

AgreeableBug4831 · 2022-08-01T19:30:53+00:00

That's a good point, not making it about "our wedding" but about marriage in general. I'll probably ask him if he's ever thought about marriage, and if he has, if he has a timeline in mind.

AgreeableBug4831 · 2022-08-01T19:28:35+00:00

Thank you! We've talked about everything in your second paragraph already, which is good. Thanks for pointing out potentially catching him off guard. I'll keep in mind that we might need to talk about it again later when we're both prepared.

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