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I Think I’m Outgrowing My Friends — And I’m Worried About It
An all-too-common experience that happens at any age.
Picture this: you’re out with two of your friends that you’ve known back in college for nearly a decade. The three of you are in your mid-twenties. You’re eating at a restaurant. They offer delectable brown bread and butter for free that comes before appetizers and/or your main meal. The three of you are going out to celebrate one of your friend’s recent success of picking up a “big boy job” after working two years in retail. You’re all in high spirits, ready to enjoy a 1000-plus-calorie meal. It’s good vibes all around.
That was me, minus the “high spirits” part. The three of us are in what I consider a milestone of our lives: moving out of our parents’ homes. However, we three are also products of the times: incredible student debt, life choices delaying the milestone as mentioned earlier, and occasional health problems.
With the emergence of the metaverse, cryptocurrency, the rampant coronavirus, and now having full-time jobs with our eyes set to flying from our respective nests, one would think the three of us have the following concepts well-grasped and in order:
- Personal Finance (because Spotify, Netflix, Amazon Prime, and rent are not going to pay themselves)
