Gen Z Guide to FI

“There’s 104 days of summer vacation and school comes along just to end it!” Any Phineas and Ferb fans would get that. Well, today marks 104 days till my school starts. 

In more recent news, I’m officially funemployed. I left my job last Friday after almost 4 years. For my loyal readers, I manifested quitting early after a particularly irritating weekend with my boss last August. I wrote about it in Let’s Quit this Bitch. I can say that these past few days of not having a job have felt so freeing to me.

Anyway, during my last week at work, I got celebrated by my admin team. They organized a potluck for me since the managers weren’t gonna do anything to send me off. I wasn’t expecting anything of course. I really appreciated the potluck. I cried a little bit, in the bathroom, like the closeted emotional girl I am. Then my last day, my work friend organized a goodbye lunch and one of my favorite coworkers that had been out on disability came to lunch as my surprise. I was really grateful. 

I’ve learned a lot from my 3+ years as an early professional. My top lesson/question is why did I willingly live in the middle of nowhere? It made sense during COVID. But after 2022, I was feeling very strangled by my own four year plan to go back to school. For context, I made a 4 year plan in my senior year of college and stuck to it vigorously. I mean it worked but what could my life had been if I had just job hopped in 2022. We will never know. I’m still very grateful for my younger self. Obviously, it all worked out with me going back to school.

To my future self, I’m kinda done with having 4 year or 5 year plans. After my MBA, it’s a free for all. Jobs might come and go but I don’t want to live super far away from my friends and homies. Of course, I hope I can have both good location and good job if the job market and economy is prosperous.

Anyway, that’s a wrap for my big girl first job. We moveeee! Now, it’s vacation mode. I’m taking my first trip of the summer next week to Los Angeles & San Diego. I’ll be writing about it in the upcoming weeks.

XOXO Gen Z Fire Baby