Graduating in the middle of a pandemic is as messy as it sounds. Companies are struggling to figure their own situations out, let alone provide opportunities for fresh graduates. It’s not uncommon to see fresh graduates express their appreciation on social media for having a job at all. But not Kate. Kate, who is 23, tendered her resignation in late August and finished at her job a month later, hitting the reset button on her career.

Raised to be careful with money

Kate has never been a big spender. She was born into a family that had just enough to get by, but not enough for anything more. That made her tremendously careful with money. At 18, she started working part-time and freelancing for companies on one-off projects hoping  to take some financial pressure off of her parents’ shoulders. She did this while juggling her responsibilities as a full-time university student....