First Blog ( Better late than never )

I have finally found something I enjoyed enough to write about in this blog. I just finished reading Meghan Daum's article, "My Misspend Youth". It really opened my eyes and made me think about the decisions I've made that have landed me in this small town in Montana. It's crazy to me that her whole life decision came from the idea's of where she wanted to end up as a child. I think its great that she kept strong and she followed her dreams, but also think she is very naive. She clearly never had a kind of education that prepared her for the harsh realities of life. Possibly her parents didn't drill hard enough into her head that you have to become successful before you can act like it.

I was the typical kid who quizzed my parents with hundreds of questions about everything, including financials. I don't want to sit here and say I've got it all figured out, but I feel as thou I won't let a personal image overthrow reality. Maybe it was because my father is a stock broker and wanted me to be ready for what life was actually going to be like when I moved away to college and started my independent life. This article really made me think about my spending behavior. I typically use the excuse that I'm saving a bunch of money by living in Bozeman, paying a measly 300 dollars a month for rent while my close friends are living all over the country paying insane amounts of money for living and partying. I think that after reading this I'll try a little bit harder and make sure I don't let a similar situation happen to me, assuming I make it out of here before the "cops bust my party".