30 Day Blog Challenge- Day 27: A difficult time in your life

Well this is hard..

When I was living in NY, it was lonely and I was barely scraping by financially. There were some periods where I didn’t like the job I had and I struggled at work. I wasn’t good at my job requiring being extremely detail oriented. It was isolating with non-friendly unhelpful co-workers, long late hours, little pay in combination with a manger from hell situation. It definitely took a hit on my confidence. I wanted to make it work, even when I was miserable, I wanted to persist. I know now I should have left the job earlier. If it’s not a right fit, just move on to the next opportunity.

I didn’t know how to handle money. No one taught me about credit cards early on. I was 25… when I found out that you have to pay interest on your remaining credit card balance. I had previously thought as long as I paid the minimum I was okay. That was not the case. I was racking up debt back then. Now I know to pay my credit card in full.

I’d like to think that NY toughened me. It has taught me a lot. You experience, see things, have more interactions with different people and personalities more quickly with such a large population in a smaller space. It taught me to get out of my comfort zone, to do thing by myself, to get back up and persist. I’m grateful for the experience and don’t regret it.