u/Informal_Spell_295

Hi all here are some facts about my lifestyle:

- Will graduate from FSU May 2027

- Currently an WFH intern for strategic communications/ investor relations agency based in NYC. Have a full time offer from them for $58k - 64/yr which will start when I graduate. For now I am hourly 40hrs/wk @ $15/hr (Florida rate)

- Lived in Doral and Kendall Miami suburbs my whole life. 40 min - 1 hr away from downtown for those who don't know.

- No rent or bills while living at home

- Credit Card bill and car payment are my only consistent bills

- Parents are blue collar and getting older mid 60s

- Rest of my family lives in Columbus, NJ ; New Windsor, NY ; Yonkers, NY ; West Harrison, NY. These are all people I could potentially live with.

- not opposed to roomamates at all

- Had FAFSA grants and financial aid (no loans) pay for my rent my whole college career so I dont REALLY know what its like to pay rent when considering my monthly budget

- I've spent a 2 summers in NYC in college just for fun and it was great. Stayed in Bayridge both summers with cousins.

- only child and sole beneficiary of my parent's home

Motivations:

- i desperately want to start my life on my own. Parents aren't horrible but I feel like I'm missing out on meeting a lot of people and the skills I can get by scrounging to survive

- Make more money. If i move to NYC I get a higher salary (idk how much higher though). If I want to move back to Miami I can keep that higher salary.

- NYC (generally) has a higher IQ from what I can see (sorry miami) and I feel is better to build a network of connected and intelligent people. Havent had an issue with that here in Miami and college. I feel I might have a bigger net to cast in NYC, though.

Concerns:

- Saw a girl say she had to move back home because she got humbled in NYC thinking she can make it with no money. Idk her details but that scared the shit out of me. But then i see people paying ~$1,500 in rent with a roomate or 2. I think thats more than reasonable even though I have no sense of what that means for my budget and my salary if i move there

- Miami and NYC arent cheap i know

- the internet is scaring me with never being able to own a home. And... um... i want to own a home like hello? So will renting be like flushing money down the toilette?

- will I ever move out if I stay in Miami?

I LIKE BOTH OPTIONS AND IM TORN!!!!!

TLDR: I want to move post grad but not sure if I should stay in Miami and wait until the time is right or just do it and let things work out considering I have a few things going for me in NYC. Sections above are some facts to consider.

I have spent my time in uni gaining experience in communications and business, but now I want to be involved in organizations that work with nature and/or help people. I don't mind the 9-5 desk job at all but I have these wild dreams of working on a commerical fishing boat, being a chef in some random city, or teaching english in Nepal or something of the like (adventurous). Working adjacently for or with companies that do touch these kinds of experiences would satisfy as an answer, but I dont know what companies specifically to look at for openings AND if these dreams even have "companies."

I know I'm doing the 20 something yr old thing of being crippled by options and curiosity, but whatever knowledge of lesser known job titles that might even sound like something along these lines would be greatly appreciated. I tried researching but it's hard to fit all of this into one search haha. I'll probably have some questions about higher education your answers might entail.

I fear I dont know what I dont know. My whole life I've been very lucky to be able to make what I call a "frankenstein" life. Meaning, I go in one direction and it's kind of the wrong direction which I later realize, but I force the living shit out of this decision to become the right thing for me no matter how far of a reach it is. In short, I can turn A into B I just need to know all the options for what B can be.

Experience: a Director of Communications for a local art gallery for 1 year, PR intern at a small firm in Miami for 1 summer, Accounting Intern at a small CPA's office in Miami which I would hardly call a real internship tbh, and an Investor Relations intern of 1 year-present at a mid-sized firm in NYC. Extracirriuclars are all communications, strategy consulting, writing, and editing focused.