Tomorrow I start a new job! I am very excited about this particular job not only because the pay, hours, and benefits are all much better than I expected to find, but the work itself sounds fun and it is for a nonprofit organization that I really like and support. It’s like the perfect trifecta: good pay/benefits; fun work; good organization. I feel so lucky to have landed this job and I cannot wait for orientation tomorrow. It almost seems to good to be true and I really hope that I am not misunderstanding or overestimating things. But, assuming that this is going to be as good as I think, this job will help me achieve three of the things I laid out in the definition of this goal:

• “I have a source of steady, reliable income.”
  —-My three part-time jobs really fluctuate in hours and income. This new job is much, much steadier.

• “I can pay my monthly bills without too much stress, I have rebuilt my savings up to one month’s worth of living expenses, and I am following a plan to pay off my credit cards. Plus I have enough money to go out with friends.”
  —-Obviously having a steady, reliable income, along with living within my means, is going to get me to this second bullet point sooner rather than later. And to make the process even quicker, I am pledging to keep two of my part-time jobs until I am much further along in paying down my debt and increasing my savings.

• “I am taking paths and am open to experiences that may help me to see what kind of person I want to be, what I want to accomplish, what to try next, what kind of job I might like to have.”
  —-I think that I will really enjoy this work and perhaps I have even found a job and/or an organization I can stay at for a long time. But even if not, I think that this will be a really great experience and is definitely leading me on the right path. I feel like I am getting out of my rut.