Caroline

Housing

How to live paycheck by paycheck with a smile

I am a senior in college and only have a couple of months to enter the real world with debt like everyone else in my generation. For the first three years of college, my family has helped me with school expenses, rent, utilities, food, and among other bills. Now that my family has lost funds and savings I have been working as much as possible and still going to school full time. Yes my grades have dropped big time and yes I have credit card debit and yes I owe many people money. I have paying bills on my own. I don't think I'll be getting out school yet. I owe the school money for parking tickets and for this I cannot fill out the graduation form. All I can do is smile and laugh. I cannot cry anymore because there are no more tears. I don't blame anyone for my situation but only myself. But I do smile because everything is a learning experience. I laugh because I dont think it can get any worse. I really dont think anyone cares about my generation anymore and that is why I laugh sadly but then I smile for hope.

Rutgers, the State University of NJ