{"id":91556,"date":"2018-06-16T13:00:38","date_gmt":"2018-06-16T06:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/i-was-better-off-as-a-student-than-i-am-now-working\/"},"modified":"2018-06-16T14:03:29","modified_gmt":"2018-06-16T07:03:29","slug":"i-was-better-off-as-a-student-than-i-am-now-working","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/i-was-better-off-as-a-student-than-i-am-now-working\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I was better off as a student than I am now working\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nIntern Amara Howe on how she manages her finances \u2013 and her hopes for the futureI\u2019ve always kept \u00a31,000 in my current account. It never goes up, and it never goes down, and I\u2019m constantly checking my balance to make sure I\u2019m not eating into it. I find it incredibly hard to save. I\u2019m currently earning \u00a319,000 a year as a communications intern at London Metropolitan University, from where I graduated last June.Life was actually easier as a student because the loan covered most of the bills, and the \u00a3400 net a month that I earned from a weekend job in a shoe shop could be spent on going out. Looking back, I didn\u2019t have a care in the world then, and could spend \u00a3300 a month on clothes if I wanted to and still put money by. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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