Personal Finances

Having read over my last few entries, I'm beginning to feel like an angsty teenager. Not in the "my life stinks" kind of way, but more in the "I'm still figuring out what to do with myself" frame of mind. The most recent development in this "what do I do" phase is figuring out my budget for my summer campaign internship. Each Cole Scholar was required to write up a budget with an educated guess as to what our monthly apartment rent would be, what our food per diem would be as well as daily travel expenses. I have never felt more grown up than when I scoured the internet looking for furnished, short-term lease apartments for rent. Well, that is until Tracy Tucker in the Politics Department handed me my Cole Scholar business cards. I'm old. Dude.
One of the best things about the Cole Scholar program is that they finance your living expenses while you're on the campaign trail. In order to ensure that they are paying only for our work expenses, it's crucial that we track our expenses over the two months of our internship. It's both an exercise in discipline and living in the Real World. So while I feel old, I also feel a little more experienced and little better prepared for non-Oberlin life.