Gen Z Guide to FI

In my final attempts to decide between 5 schools with full-tuition scholarships, I visited Yale in New Haven, Connecticut. This is trip 1 of MANY in 2024. Last year, I went on 10 trips and saved $3450 on flights by travel hacking. I wrote all about those trips in my Travel section of the blog.

First, let’s talk cash money. This is how much I spent on a trip from Sacramento, California to Hartford, Connecticut.

Yale was absolutely beautiful. The students were down to earth, and they had amazing food. But all in all, I was left with the same question, ‘Is this school my best option to break into the entertainment industry?’. The answer was no. I couldn’t see a path to this goal immediately post-MBA or within 3-5 years after graduating. I have 2 main goals in getting my MBA. The first is to work in the film industry, and the next is to gain as many connections as possible in that industry.

Also, for my personal life, I am ready to live in a big city. I have been living in the middle of nowhere for years. As I wrote on the blog, I have many reasons for not wanting to live in the middle of nowhere. The TL: DR of that post is that I wanna date HOT, ambitious men. I want to live near an airport, and I want to live my youth. Yale is in the middle of nowhere and does not fit my superficial personal goals.

If this was me 8 years ago, I would have sold a kidney to go to Yale. I was obsessed with the idea of going to an Ivy. I believed that it was the only option to be ‘successful’ in life. I have already proved that I can be successful without an Ivy and spent 4 years studying engineering – which I actually despised. However, it was worth it because it put me on the FI path and gave me a greater purpose. But right now, I want to create a life that I am not running away from, like I wrote about previously.

So, with that, I decided that Yale was not the school for me in this phase of my life.

I broke the news to my dad, who said he was disappointed because I made a poor choice. That broke my heart, and I cried the rest of the day. But I am taking a chance on myself, so I don’t have any regrets.

So, if you’ve made it to the end, I decided to spend the next chapter of my life in New York. Now, I can really be Gossip Girl. Thank you all for coming on this ride with me. We are only just beginning.

You know you love me. XOXO Gen Z Fire Baby