What is the student debt for? Some type of degree?
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A BA in Economica and a BA in Religion. The Econ degree is turning out to be less useful than I expected it to be. I guess people don’t want to listen to the way the economy really works; they want to listen to soak-the-rich rhetoric.
As it is, I’ve managed to keep the collection people off of my back by going to seminary, but I’m in my last few months before the MDiv comes through, and there’s an extreme shortage of pastoral placements these last few years. I can probably stave it off a little longer and maybe even earn some money if I go on a second vicarage/internship in a chaplaincy setting, but that’s just kicking the problem down the road.
You’d think that I’d learn to trust God more, but sometimes it can be really difficult.
understand completely, even though every time i just give in, HE sends me a way to get the bills paid...
this distraction of your focus will pass, providing you keep doing your part...the Spirit is always ready to work...
“...You’d think that I’d learn to trust God more, but sometimes it can be really difficult...”
You ain’t kidding, brother...
These last four years have been an exercise in trust.
My advice, school-wise, is if you’re going to spend the money to go to school, make it a trade where you produce something - electrician, mechanic, Computer IT, etc., - that way, you can be earning a decent hourly while you go to college at night and finish your degrees, etc.
That’s what I did, anyway. Worked out for me. I was a car mechanic for a while, then electronics tech, making 25+ bucks an hour and going to night school.
Seeing as how you’ve finished your degree, maybe additional training in a hands-on trade would be a good thing. I mean, if you’re going back to school and incurring more debt, make it for something that will pay you back.