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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What Color is Your Parachute didn't help me at all, and I've been in the same position. You're in a great position to volunteer for whatever cause you think you might be passionate about, and that could lead you down a path to that kind of work. Causes are worth getting up for, and a good network of people working for what they believe in can be better than vacations, etc. Community is important, and in those kinds of jobs, no one has much money or spends lavishly. Another degree isn't a bad idea. Law school? Film/communications? AU has a good program and you can do it on weekends. It would be marketable because there are lots of jobs for communications/video savvy people. And you can take those skills into an interesting, cause oriented nonprofit. You may not make a ton of money but you will have meaning, useful skills, and a way to contribute.

Don't be hard on yourself. You're in a unique situation without much of a sense of community--it's not like there's a support group for people with trust funds. And I believe you, they bring with them their own downsides. Think about what would make you most happy and fill your life most. Don't judge yourself by your resume or your income.[/quote]

Exactly. Y[b]ou are lucky and in a great spot,[/b] which is probably why you raised the ire of so many of the DCUM “I hate my job and life crowd”[/quote]

OP has the same family cash access as easily 10% of the DC area, who as other posters have noted, get moderate family help.  But all those others get up every day and go for jobs. OP is just a million times more lazy and entitled.  Sorry, but OP's cash situation does not make her unique. Again, just lazy. [/quote]

I doubt it’s anywhere near that high of a percentage, but even if it is, that’s still a pretty low percentage.  She is very lucky, and that’s why she has gotten the anger of the miserable people that make up DCUM. She’s in a great spot. Anytime you get the jealous harpies of DCUM engaged you’re doing pretty well [/quote]

Yeah, it's easily that high a percentage. You don't know who they are, because almost all of them get up every day and go to regular jobs. Just think about the number of people in DC who get significant parent help to buy a house.  Whether it's a down payment in the six figures, or the whole cash price.  When you sell a house in DC, it's typical to get multiple cash offers. And typical to get people who put down 10%.  You think all these 28 year olds just have that cash around from three years of working post-law school?  I thought 10% was actually a pretty low number, because in our circle of JD and MA grads, i'd say 80% of them clearly got major family help to buy their house.  And easily 25% of them miraculously had the cash to buy houses ranging from $1m to $5m.  Those same families have grandparents paying $100k in private school costs every year, or who pay the full ride to college and grad school.  All of those financial contributions easily add up to the equivalent of $50k income a year like OP is getting.  But other than the handful who buy a ridiculously expensive house, the others lead lives sort of aligned with their incomes.  [/quote]

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