This post goes out to all of the readers who are about to graduate from college (and from high school, for that matter) and are wondering what comes next.
First, the need for money in the bank comes down to what you’re responsible for. If you’re fresh out of college with nothing to your name but a car, you really don’t have that much that you’re responsible for. You don’t have a house. You don’t have a partner. You don’t have children. You don’t have an established career to protect.
You just have you, your dreams, your skills, and your potential.
Second, you don’t actually have a lot of day-to-day financial need, either. It’s perfectly normal and acceptable for a new graduate to live in a small apartment or a room in a house. Why? The rent is cheap.
There is no better time in your life to just throw caution to the wind and see where your passion will carry you than when you’re young and free of many responsiblities.If it doesn’t work, you’re not out anything much – maybe a few years, at worst. If it does work, you’ve opened the door to a lifetime of doing what you want to do.
Summary: You have nothing to lose. What do you have to gain? The life you dream of.
