I made an enormous financial mistake (1 years worth of work), and now I am debating in quitting my job at the present moment. Quitting my job will allow me to do college full time, but I do not have enough money to "thrive" on... Nor, do I want to live as a street urchant as I am doing college and by renewing my contract I can mentally forget my financial mistake.Yes, renewing is the easier way out in this case...

I am undecided at the moment though. I am getting older and so renewing it would put me off from my dream career for another 4 years... Which is the only con.

Renew or not to renew contract.

So if I'm reading this right, the choice is between chasing your dream or not?

Fortune favors the bold! I mean, don't leap before you look and end up destitute, but you should at least check into the feasibility of following your heart. There are grants, scholarships, and loans available to help pay for going to school. Life is too short to be continually putting off the things we want to do, and playing it safe doesn't get us to where we want to be.

Quote from: IdontEven on May 06, 2016, 12:09:06 PM
So if I'm reading this right, the choice is between chasing your dream or not?

Fortune favors the bold! I mean, don't leap before you look and end up destitute, but you should at least check into the feasibility of following your heart. There are grants, scholarships, and loans available to help pay for going to school. Life is too short to be continually putting off the things we want to do, and playing it safe doesn't get us to where we want to be.

Somewhat. I could follow my dream (very limited part time) and keep my job basically. Or just do college full time. This financial mistake is getting to me... And I want to recover. I dont want to feel like a loser without any money... My contract keeps me in an "invisible" bubble in which all my bills and worries are nonexistant. (its the military)... Thats whats keeping "sane" at this moment... No worries even if I screw up. My dream job is in the military so Im not wasting all my time either.

I have a full ride scholarship but when I actually dedicate myself to college I want to do it fulltime without worrying about money. I feel like Im starting life over again, so by staying in the military, Im playing it safe because its something I know. But if I do this again, I will go to college full time immediately after.

And the contract will influence me psychologically and philosophically (not your everyday job). People actually make careers out of this lol.

Pros and cons to everything.... And Prince Charming isnt saving me.

But your point is valid. I just dont want to dig my financial burden hole bigger. I could recover easily with a civilian job but that does not quite help my pension either... Which is what I am ideally after = no worries.