living at home

What The Hell Am I Going To Do With My Life? [Confessions of a Twenty-Something]
I mean, I can rap every lyric to “99 Problems” perfectly. I can curl my hair in under 10 minutes. I can make a mean grilled cheese. But all these things won’t help me get a job (and oh man, do I wish they did!).
Expectation vs. Reality: Graduation Edition
The student life is getting old. I want to be a real person with a real job! I want to get home from work and be done for the day, no homework! I want to have time on the weekends! But I think that sometimes I get carried away imagining my glamorous post-grad life. In reality, graduation can be a really humbling experience.

This Post Grad Life: I’m Painting My Parents’ Basement
The other day, I walked into Home Depot with a mission. A mission to find a soft, neutral color that would match the awkward black trim of…my parents’ basement.That’s right. One month ago, I moved back home. And now, I’m sitting here with my dear mother at our kitchen counter in full on PJ-wear at noon, playing Words with Friends, browsing Pinterest and drinking coffee (because she’s my new roommate).
How to Survive Summer Boredom
If your ‘hood is like mine, nothing much has changed in the past few years. Swallow the thought of being at home for another few months and think about ways to stir things up at home.
The Silver Lining Around This Recession/Depression Cloud
According to The Huffington Post, in a survey conducted only 44% of those interviewed believed that they would surpass the lifestyle they grew up with. And as one of those soon-to-be post grads, let me say that I understand this lack of optimism completely. The economy is still recovering. The job market is terrible. And companies are downsizing instead of hiring.
This Post Grad Life: Welcome to Hot Mess Central
Once upon a time, there was a girl named Brittany (why yes, I’m beginning this post by talking in third person). Her roommates were Mom, Dad, and cat. She spent all day eating Frosted Flakes and watching The O.C. re-runs and wondering where Benjamin Mackenzie’s career went wrong. She slept deeply and soundly until late hours of the afternoon, wasn’t keeping a healthy social life, and finished a bottle of Grey Goose in six months. Her life was essentially, an embarrassment to all 23-year-olds as well as to the overall post grad society.
This Post-Grad Life: I Have Invisible Friends
Back in the days of making unlimited bad decisions and opting out of doing anything self-productive (in college) I would spend valuable time with my friends grilling texas toast on our George Foreman, laughing with Joel McCale on ‘The Soup’, and spending four hours a night putting on our whore faces to Britney Spears ‘The Hook Up’ on repeat. Having friends was so effortless.

5 College Classes That Are Actually Useful in Real Life
When you’re in college, everyone knows there are the classes you take because you have to and then the classes you take because they’re actually going to help you in life. Anthropology of Magic? A major sophomore year mistake. Unless my letter to Hogwarts got lost in the mail, I’m never going to need to know how to read tealeaves. Wine and Spirits? Fun, but again- not exactly functional in the job world.
Why I’m Happy I Graduated During the Recession
Members of the Class of 2011, I have some good news and some bad new for you. Which do you want first? The good? Okay. It appears that when you graduate this upcoming May, the job market will be significantly better than it was for your Class of 2010 friends. In fact, it’s said that employers will be hiring 13.5% more graduates this time around, especially in the Midwest and West.
What Does Adulthood Mean for 20-somethings?
I am the perfect product of a 20-something generation. I am 23 years old, I’ve graduated college, I’m single and I live at home with my parentals (wow, typing it in a sentence just made me realize how pathetic it all sounds). I’m doing a bit of freelance blogging and slowly looking for jobs (by slowly I mean sifting through jobs that don’t give me a heartbeat and leaving my energy for the ones I truly love).
Alright Summer, I’m Ready for College Already
Before I started college I would spend literally weeks fantasizing about summer. The perfect summer camp, summer job, summer fling, summer barbecues (mmmm cole slaw), whatever. Daydreaming about all the fun I was to have in the summer days ahead was the only way I managed to keep my eyes open during those high school classes that miserably lasted through June.
College Q&A: Living at Home During College
Question: I will be a senior in highschool this upcoming year (2010-2011), but instead of going to high school, I’m taking classes full time at a local university in a joint-enrollment program my state offers. The university gives joint-enrolled students the opportunity to live on campus, but you have to pay for it yourself. With all the economic crap thats been going on lately, my parents can’t afford to pay for a dorm and the deadline has already passed.
True Story: I’m Spending My Summer In The Country
The summer before my freshman year of college, I packed my bags into the back of my car and drove to the big city. Cue the music, feel the rain on your skin, no one else can feel it for you… My blonde hair was whipping in the wind, my shades on. I was starting a whole new life, and although Raleigh, NC is nothing like LA and my life is far from an episode of The Hills, it was really exciting.
Summer Break Is Almost Here – Yay?
Spring semester is winding down, and when we’re stuck in the library for 24 hours at a time with our eyes glued to a textbook and an energy drink surgically attached to our hands, it’s easy to count down to seconds until summer vacation. But as we all know, life back at home can be a drag an adjustment.
School Is Coming! End Summer Right.
After spending all of spring semester counting down the days until summer break started, I’m now faced with the end of summer and even more school. Where did the time go? What was I doing when the sun was shining and the waves were crashing? Oh yeah, I was probably online.
Living at Home For the Summer? Rock on!
The only thing harder than saying goodbye to your roommate for the summer is packing up your dorm… and mopping all of the dried beer of the floor. And scrubbing your desk where pizza sauce has been encrusted for months. And figuring out how to pack it all into your two-door. Yeah, moving out sucks. But moving IN with your parents again… well, let’s face it. It rocks.