It’s Going to Happen This Year

I said I wasn’t expecting anything and I would not have been shocked had it not worked out, but it did work out and in the best possible way. I mentioned a week or so ago that I had asked my boss whether working this Summer would be a possibility.  Technically, my full time job is only for 9 months out of the year (only while school is in session).  Last Summer I filled in for a coworker who was away, so I ended up working all Summer anyway. I had hoped I’d be able to do the same this Summer.

Yesterday was my first day back at work after a few days off. After lunch, my boss found me and said she had news. The news: not only can I continue to work full time through this Summer, but they are going to make my job a full 12 month position.

This is such a relief.  Even in future years when I will not be focused on getting out of debt, I won’t have to worry about supporting myself through the Summer or think about looking for other jobs to fill in that gap.  And, as evidence that I work for great people, they wanted to make sure I knew that any time I need to take an extended time off (for school, for travel, etc.), I’d have a job to come back to.  They act like I’m doing them the favor of working here, but I consider this a great job.

It took me a second to figure out exactly what this means.  It means I can reach my New Year’s goal of being out of debt by the end of this year.  Like, nine months from now.  As soon as I got home from work last night, I started crunching the numbers to be sure.  It’ll still be a push, but totally within the realm of possibility.

My motivation really was never lacking, but with such a clear date in mind and without uncertainty to cloud it, I feel more focused than ever.  There’s a lot of hard work ahead of me still, but I don’t have any doubt I can do it.