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20 Something: Advice to high school students

I mentioned in my last post that I am job hunting. I also mentioned that I have student loans to repay. I will be exiting my grace period next month, and while I knew that student loans were kind of B.S. I never realized how much so until now.

But that’s not the only thing I wish I had been better informed about when I graduated from high school. These are five things I wish I knew then.

Before we jump into the advice, I’d like to point out that I am aiming this at students like me who did not have parents able to pay for school. I was on my own. Granted, I’ve also been considered independent on my taxes since I turned 18, so I didn’t have to rely on my parents’ income. That opens a whole ‘nother can of misery as I’ve seen with some of my friends.

So, with that caveat, on y va. Continue reading