Comments on: A new day http://pdf23ds.net/2009/08/26/a-new-day/ I will not be swayed be every small current; nor will the memes faze me or infect me. I am pure. I am intelligent. I am rational. I am at peace. Fri, 10 Sep 2010 08:59:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: LizardBreath http://pdf23ds.net/2009/08/26/a-new-day/comment-page-1/#comment-2199 LizardBreath Thu, 27 Aug 2009 16:23:06 +0000 http://pdf23ds.net/?p=242#comment-2199 <i>Part of that will involve, perhaps, moving in with some family to cut down on rent costs. I’m a bit conflicted about the decision, as it involves moving from here in Austin to way out in the middle of nowhere. I don’t really get out all the time, but still, the city’s nice. And the job market in Austin is probably way better than the one in the middle of nowhere.</i> Take this for what it's worth, but I'd stay where the jobs are. The problem with moving someplace cheap but with a bad job market when you're broke is that it's really hard to reverse the decision -- you end up stuck someplace where you can't earn enough money to get back out of the hole. While debt is usually a bad idea, I'd say it's a better idea to go into debt than to get yourself stuck in the middle of nowhere with no money. You're young, with no responsibilities. Ever thought about just picking a place off a map (either someplace you've thought about living, or just someplace random that you think you'd be able to find a job in), and just going? No plan, just find a place to stay, throw your clothes in a bag, and move. Have your family store your furniture for you. (And that's a hell of an anti-spam device you've got -- I looked at it and got all indignant. "I can add! Really I can!") Part of that will involve, perhaps, moving in with some family to cut down on rent costs. I’m a bit conflicted about the decision, as it involves moving from here in Austin to way out in the middle of nowhere. I don’t really get out all the time, but still, the city’s nice. And the job market in Austin is probably way better than the one in the middle of nowhere.

Take this for what it’s worth, but I’d stay where the jobs are. The problem with moving someplace cheap but with a bad job market when you’re broke is that it’s really hard to reverse the decision — you end up stuck someplace where you can’t earn enough money to get back out of the hole. While debt is usually a bad idea, I’d say it’s a better idea to go into debt than to get yourself stuck in the middle of nowhere with no money.

You’re young, with no responsibilities. Ever thought about just picking a place off a map (either someplace you’ve thought about living, or just someplace random that you think you’d be able to find a job in), and just going? No plan, just find a place to stay, throw your clothes in a bag, and move. Have your family store your furniture for you.

(And that’s a hell of an anti-spam device you’ve got — I looked at it and got all indignant. “I can add! Really I can!”)

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