I am newly married, working in San Francisco sitting behind a desk, pushing papers, and make 90k annually. I am bored to death with my job and have been working in the same profession for 10 years.
I already have my college degree in Liberal Studies and made the decision to go back to school to become a nurse about a year and a half ago. Working 8 - 5 Monday through Friday and taking night science classes has been tough. Now the time has come where I am on the cusp of being accepted into an accelerated one (1) year BSN program. I know that private colleges are sometimes frowned upon due to the amount of money spent on an education, but here is my dilemma:
I plan on starting a family AFTER nursing school. I am 30 right now and I will be turning 31 over the summer. I feel like if I do a 2 year program that will a) make me 33 when I am just trying to start a family and who knows how long it will take me to get pregnant, and b) it is already going to be hard enough giving up my income for one year, let alone two years. Also, I am starting to freak out right now giving up my decent paying job for a large debt to go to school. What I DO know is that I want to be a nurse and I do not want to sit behind my desk for the rest of my life!!
HELP!! Can anyone offer advice or insight into my dilemma? It is times like this where I wish there was a guide book to LIFE.
90k may sound like a lot, but living in the San Francisco Bay Area, that is not enough to be able to save up for a 58k program. I have a mortgage, a car payment, I BART to the city everyday, food, gym membership, it all adds up... I pay a buttload in taxes that makes my actual take home income more like 58k annually.
pixiestudent2
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If your getting 90k a year why not just pay out of pocket for school and not go into debt? Just a thought.