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    I like your situation with your sister, there's very few negatives to it. Clean your fish outdoors. Remember that time apart makes time together better - so the 45 minute distance from SO is ok. 400 a month is remarkably low. I'd stay right there and keep on with your long term financial plan. Getting that huge amount of student loan forgiven in 9 years is a huge windfall.

    Advice from a 53 year old who has learned how fast a decade can go by.

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    this what I think and a decade flies by

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    That worries me... ten years of my life just gone in the blink of my loan drone, zombified eyes? haha

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    I would do an intense search to find a gov't job that suits you more (aren't there tests you can take and if you do well new opportunities open up?) but sometimes jobs suck for a long time, make out of work time fulfilling.

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    Quote Originally Posted by freshstart View Post
    I would do an intense search to find a gov't job that suits you more (aren't there tests you can take and if you do well new opportunities open up?) but sometimes jobs suck for a long time, make out of work time fulfilling.
    Yup... that is the plan!

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    I keep thinking of things, sorry! Maybe your SO would be willing to move closer to you so you don't have to uproot your entire life

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    Quote Originally Posted by freshstart View Post
    I keep thinking of things, sorry! Maybe your SO would be willing to move closer to you so you don't have to uproot your entire life
    If you keep thinking of things, then keep'em coming! I am open to all sorts of ideas.

    My SO owns here own home (or rather, has a mortgage). I don't know that she'd want to move, unless it was to move in together. I am not comfortable with that.

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    Does your region have a booming economy? If not, maybe time to consider new locale for higher, more stable income until you get debt paid down?

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    Quote Originally Posted by pinkytoe View Post
    Does your region have a booming economy? If not, maybe time to consider new locale for higher, more stable income until you get debt paid down?
    Columbus, OH has a pretty dang good economy. There is hardly even a dusting of rust here. The new housing bubble is bubbling up big-time! People are buying homes that are outside their price range, too big for them, much too much to maintain, and generally just an unwise investment. That, and the gubmint jobs galore, really have the 'comeny booming!

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    How about a job with National Park service in a fish-related range capacity?

    https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/411409000

    The ranger jobs I have seen often come with housing.

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