Welcome!

After enjoying reading about the lives of some of my peers so much, I've decided to bite the bullet and join you all. I am a fairly recent college grad (also an English major!) who enjoys, among other things, reading, cooking/baking, running, baseball games, tailgating, and spending time with family and friends. I have made good progress in paying down some student loan debt and am aiming to be completely debt-free by September '08. In the meantime, I am struggling with some of the same things a lot of you (Shuchong, Well-Heeled, English Major, and Meg) are. I don't feel ready to be a "grown-up" but I'm trying to make choices now that will make the transition over the next few years a little bit easier. However, I don't want my extreme interest in my finances, and the mostly undefined goals related to them, to get in the way of really enjoying my life in both the simplest and grandest of ways on a daily basis. I'm not sure how often I'll be posting but I hope to make it a pretty regular thing. Thanks for reading!