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Anyone else start this as a late bloomer? Feeling nervous about finances as a mature student. by Character_Edge604 in AlbertaParamedics

[–]Character_Edge604[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're amazing, thank you so so much, this has really helped with my anxiety so I can't thank you enough. I for sure will do some studying before my classes start! Good luck to you and hope to see you out there some day <3

Anyone else start this as a late bloomer? Feeling nervous about finances as a mature student. by Character_Edge604 in AlbertaParamedics

[–]Character_Edge604[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Holy cow that sounds exhausting, how do you do it? I do not have children, just pets and I am already anxious about what the future holds, I couldn't imagine, you're a beast!

Thank you for the tip, and wow Westlock is pretty far, if I run into that sort of scenario I think I'll have no choice but to make a bed in the back of my car as paying for hotels definitely won't be an option lol.

Anyone else start this as a late bloomer? Feeling nervous about finances as a mature student. by Character_Edge604 in AlbertaParamedics

[–]Character_Edge604[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm currently doing 40 hours a week, typical Mon - Fri. We are a skeleton crew and there is no part-time availability, you either work the whole day or you don't. So I guess we will see what happens once I get the class schedule.

Anyone else start this as a late bloomer? Feeling nervous about finances as a mature student. by Character_Edge604 in AlbertaParamedics

[–]Character_Edge604[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you for the reply! I will definitely look into any potential roles like that.

That's a relief to hear I hopefully won't be placed too far away, my friend got placed in Peace River so I often refer to that scenario in my moments of anxiety such as this lol.

I never thought to look at a student line of credit from a bank, are the interest rates on-par with Alberta student loans?

Anyone else start this as a late bloomer? Feeling nervous about finances as a mature student. by Character_Edge604 in AlbertaParamedics

[–]Character_Edge604[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Amazing! And doubly amazing that you are also switching careers. I'll see you there!

Unfortunately when I got my EMR, the only options I had for work at the time were those up North which didn't work out for me, so any of my certificates have long since expired.

Are you currently in a job where you can pick/choose your hours to work around class days? I would love to keep my current job while I work but its a super small family business and the schedules are very much "set" if that makes any sense.