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Laughed at by the Mortgage Guy

My current commute to school is exactly one hour. I don’t think I’ll be able to keep that up during vet school, so I’ve been weighing my options.

The sensible thing to do would be to sell my house and move to an apartment near school. But… maybe that’s not so sensible considering:

1) my house, in a tourist town, is a REALLY good investment
2) I love my peaceful little cabin in the woods because
3) I think I would go insane if I lived in a city. Plus
4) my other half lives in the tourist town, and I would like to see him more than once a week.

So, with all those factors in mind, I’ve been looking at living halfway in between. In an ideal world, I would rent my current house and buy a house at the bottom of the canyon I drive each day. I’d be half an hour from school and half an hour from my other half, plus I’d still be in a rural, wooded area.
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Feb 14, 2010 | 1 | Non-Traditional Students, Paying for School

La La La La… I Can’t Hear You! (i.e. Denial for Non-Trads 101)

This post is really about two things:

1) the “old age” aspect of returning to school, and
2) the money aspect of returning to school, and
3) (I lied) the intersection of the two.

For anybody that’s thinking of taking the plunge and who just can’t get over the age thing (it took me about three years to get over it… three years that I could’ve been in school!), I offer you this:

The best piece of advice I got was from someone who was doing exactly what I wanted to do. She went back to school in her late thirties, and she is now a well-known holistic vet. Here’s what she said:
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Apr 20, 2009 | 2 | Non-Traditional Students, Paying for School

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