How Splurging on a Designer Blazer Empowered Me (personal essay)

The day I graduated from college, I knew exactly how many weeks I could survive without a job while keeping up with my student loan payments. The clock was ticking, and every rejection was another reminder that if I couldn’t find steady money by July, I would have to move back home to Buffalo, where job prospects were even worse.

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