As you know, I recently started working part-time so I have promised myself that I will save more and start paying my tuition off! I moved to LA knowing that I was going to have to be 100% independent with my tuition payments, housing payments, car payments, etc. I have found that paying off a bill at the beginning of the month instead of waiting till it's due is less stressful and makes me personally feel better about myself. My parents raised me to understand that "money doesn't grow on trees" and be responsible with how I manage my money. Last week was my first paycheck at H&M and I payed my car payment & put money towards my tuition right away- so proud of myself :) I am determined to pay off most of my first year tuition before I graduate (I can only try my hardest). I admit at first I was a little upset that my parents weren't going to help pay for my education but FIDM is NOT a cheap school and I knew that going in that my parents wouldn't be able to afford it. As I begin paying my tuition back I have realized how much I am learning from this process and how mature I am becoming from it. Everything my parents do for me has been so helpful and have made me become a better person. A lot of people at FIDM rely on their parents and even though sometimes I wish that my parents would just randomly send me money for absolutely no reason at all; I am 19 years old and live on my own and don't need mommy and daddy to give me everything anymore. I am the one building MY future and learning how to succeed today has everything to do with the way they have raised me. I am more successful today because of them. Growing up if I wanted money, I had to earn it myself by doing chores around the house. My sisters and I would always walk to the nearby gas station to get candy or icees and in order for us to have money for something as simple as that we still had to earn it. I love my parents so much for the way they brought me up, I can't wait to teach my children the same.
Love you mom & dad
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“If you want children to keep their feet on the ground,
put some responsibility on their shoulders.”
-Abigail Van Buren quotes
