It feels like yesterday I just started blogging on here, preparing for the next chapter of my life. Becoming a student once again after taking time off for personal obligations, which at the beginning I wasn’t ready to share.
As the blog has progressed, some of you have come to know that I have a teenager, so it might not take much of a guess to know he was a huge part of that obligation.
Now here I am, a psychology student finishing up my associate’s degree before transferring over for my bachelor’s degree at the nearby university while building my investment fund and documenting on this blog. I suppose I am writing this as there have been some updates to where I am considering the next direction of my life.
Where do I see myself when it comes to college and my degree?
As some of you might be aware, when it comes to degrees like psychology, an undergrad can be limiting for those who wish to work in the actual field of psychology, like diagnosing and treating patients, which requires additional schooling up to the Ph.D. level.
For me, going into my degree path, I knew that wasn’t the path I was seeking. The research and working with data side is what attracted me to the field. I have been looking into government jobs at both the federal and state levels.
I also hope to keep writing as it has always been something I have done since I was old enough to carry pen and paper around. I have floated around the idea of writing psychology articles and books online. This is something I will look into once I am further into my psychology degree with upper-level classes that go more in-depth toward the field.
Currently, I am finishing up the summer quarter. August 15th is my last final exam. Then I get a decent amount of time off before starting the fall quarter. I’ll be focusing on finance during my time off so I can accumulate knowledge and share what I know here as well as anything else useful.
Plans for The Broke College Student blog?
I plan to continue to write on here and document both my journey as a college student and an investor. Tomorrow, as the title has mentioned, the blog will turn 5 months old. What a feat! Being consistent while in school is something I am not holding back a smile about.
The beginning stages of this blog were a bit rough, I admit. There was a moment when Google was trying to figure out my content and kept indexing, un-indexing, and then reindexing. I wasn’t sure what was to come of it, but I knew that I wanted to keep writing no matter if I am writing to the void or if years later people will find this site and become readers.
Google is now indexing articles quicker than before. It’s also why I’m writing this update and shying away from my typical content of finance and college stuff because I want to keep Google on its toes, kidding, but it’s important that Google knows you are still active and relevant, especially in the beginning stages when trust is being built.
I hope to see more organic traffic over the following months now that I have reached the 5-month mark. Impressions are still stagnant, and clicks are low, but again I know this is normal with Google trying to figure out who and where to send content, which sometimes means a longer waiting time to see if your articles resonate with anyone.
Some people say there is a Google Sandbox, where Google keeps your blog on a tight leash for 6 months like a puppy while learning your behavior, but I also know I don’t write clickbaity articles or newsworthy headlines, so that could also factor into the stagnant impressions.
However, it’s also important to note that even after indexing, blog posts don’t normally gain traction until 6 to 9 to 12 months down the road. The Broke College Student won’t hit its one-year anniversary until March 6th, 2025.
So in the meantime, it’s as much a waiting game as anybody’s guess as to what may happen to this site. Still, I enjoy documenting, and for the rest of the year, I will continue to write on here and share details, quality content, and updates or what might come of interest.
I sat writing this while the teen had a dentist appointment. Happy to announce no cavities. He has managed such a feat of going years without one. Wish I could say the same for my childhood that was filled with cavities, no pun intended.
Parenting Reflections: Contrasting My Childhood with My Teen’s
I am always reminded of the lengths a parent will go to take care of their child when I see the complete night and day with his childhood versus my own that is rife with neglect.
Sometimes it makes me a bit sad knowing I struck out with not having the proper upbringing that lacked the basics such as unconditional love and a safe space. Both my parents have since passed but even when alive I felt often alone on my own in life outside some circumstances.
I am watching suits tonight and the character Mike Ross talks about feeling like an orphan and how he never felt like he was until he lost someone close to him. I can relate. I feel like I had been one my entire life but it solidified in my early adult years and mid twenties when the last parent passed.
This brings this post to full circle.
As I mentioned, personal obligations took me away from this path that I am on now, but if I had to do it again, I wouldn’t hesitate because giving my own child what I didn’t have healed me in ways that I couldn’t imagine and it has shown me what parental love looks like.
Do it right and you won’t have to look far to see that you did better than what was done with you and this doesn’t mean I haven’t made my own mistakes. It just means that where I could do better and was aware I made sure to do so.
With that said, thanks for reading and I hope to be back on here again with some finance content and some personal theories within the psychology field of my own that I would like to do research on to help others overcome similar obstacles.
The Broke College Student 
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