How do you deal with being broke?
I’m in my 30s so I should be used to this by now, but this shit is getting so stressful guys. I have no savings, my checking account is drained every month with rent, and if there’s ever a serious emergency I have no safety net, I’m legitimately fucked. I’m one unplanned expense away from absolute ruin. Those in the same boat as me, how do you deal with this?
You get some space by taking a better job and/or better budgeting
OR
You become numb to the grinding system
I wish I could send you my budget and have you help me sort it out. I spend the absolute minimum. I feel like I’m starving myself, both physically and emotionally. And still I have nothing.
I hope she wish that there is a better job out there for me but I’m an unskilled college dropout with nothing but experience in food service and some retail. There’s not a whole lot out there in my experience that pays above minimum wage.
If you are willing to work, many of the trades are hiring and having a hard time getting apprentices/helpers. If you can pass a basic algebra test, you can make it as an electrician.
The company I work for starts wages at $12+/hour with lots of overtime opportunities (including mandatory) and planned raises each year of your apprenticeship. I also know of a carpenter shop hiring helpers at $16+ because they can’t get help.
Please don’t feel like you have no path forward. You just have to look outside your comfort zone a little.
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