Times are crazy right now with all I have going on. I am finishing my last month as president of the Creighton Students Union. I am trying to finish our organization's five year strategic plan, manage elections, transition the new officers, ensure that everything is in order, and a bunch of other things before I get out of office. However, one thing is off my mind for next year: I have a job!
Next year I will be working here in Omaha at one of the Big Four accounting firms. I will be auditing clients in town, and Omaha is at no lack for large and interesting clients. Companies like ConAgra, First National Bank, Mutual of Omaha, Peter Kiewit, Berkshire Hathaway, etc. make Omaha their home. So, now this coming summer, I will be studying for the CPA exam and preparing to start my professional career as an auditor. Although with all of this exciting news comes new adult responsibilities...
Over Fall Break (this past week), my father and I played a not-so-fun game called "make Micah a budget for her adult life". For all of you that have not yet participated in this game, it stinks. You think you will be making plenty of money when you get out of school until you see all the places that it has to go...a mortgage, medical insurance, 401(k) plan, Roth IRAs, car insurance, taxes (lots of taxes!), the list goes on.
You know you are an adult when:
1. You realize how much Uncle Sam really takes from you...and it hurts.
2. Instead of coming home from the library and watching TV, you research your new firm's medical benefits for bedtime reading.
3. You spend more time figuring out how much to put towards your 401(k) plan than the time you spend figuring out what you are doing this weekend.