A Young, Single Homeowner

I am extremely proud to be a homeowner at my age, but I want to explain how I got here because it wasn’t all sunshine and rainbows. 

When I graduated from college, I felt like a failure. I didn’t have a job lined up like many of my peers. My fellow classmates were off to work for P&G, Kohls, or other huge corporate enterprises, while ya girl was going to live in her parent's house and all but beg a company to give her a job.

All the 4 years of work came to this moment - adulting. What if I spent all this money on a degree and it was useless? Would a company see value in the skills I had curated while in college? What if no one wanted a 20-something with little experience?

All this anxiety was not necessary because I soon landed a job in marketing about a month out of school. When I tell you I was lucky, I mean that. I got a job in email marketing without knowing a damn thing about it.

I am so thankful for the people who took a chance on me. They saw my potential before I did and I will forever be grateful for that. I hope that I have delivered on the risk they took.

While I had a great job, it still wasn't enough.

I lived paycheck to paycheck for MONTHS. I watched all my friends in their posh new apartments going out and having fun, while I was living with my parents in a suburban town where I only had one friend. 

I stayed there for 3 years because I could not afford to move out. It felt so shitty to be making a good salary for my age, but for it to not be enough because my student loans were a mortgage. 

My friends would say “you should move out” or  “moving out would be so good for you.” Not knowing that those comments felt like little daggers to my self-confidence.

Or the little strike of shame that hit when I told people I lived in Spring Hill with my parents while at work or when meeting new people. 

Don’t get me wrong, I am EXTREMELY grateful to my parents for letting me stay and save money. I never paid a dime in rent and I am so thankful that they sacrificed financially to support me while I needed it.

I tell you this because I know what it's like to look at someone else’s life and play the compare game. 

I know what it is like to feel where you want to be is SO FAR from where you are. 

If you can take anything away from this, know that timing is everything. Sacrifice is required. And that you are seen and loved for where you are. 

Never stop hustling dear reader….

Your time is coming. Seize it.  

Love, 

Britt