Seriously, I cannot begin with how much this is helping me right now. I've been in debt since I was 16, I dropped out of college twice, had a few lawsuits, had alot of legal trouble and battles with addictions that have not helped in the slightest, totaled a car or 2 and almost got evicted a couple times along the way. Aside from school loans and credit card debt I owe my parents and family members thousands from over the years. So now I'm 25 and am starting to get a good head on my shoulders and I'm 30 grand in debt and also trying to move and not have to live with roommates. On top of all of this, I am clearly awful with money.
I work 5 days a week at a factory making $20 an hour (this is good by me, cost of living is very cheap here) but it still wasn't cutting it. Bills were getting paid, debt was going down, but I couldn't save money. I got a 2nd job delivering pizza and it has helped me out tremendously.
Sometimes I do overtime saturday mornings, so I told them I can only work Saturday nights and sundays. I dont work every saturday night and sundays but most. The job is very easy. I do not get a wage, everything is under the table. I get paid $15 for gas (more than enough for a shift), $1.50-4.50 for every delivery, depending on how far I drive, and I get to keep the tip. I just worked for 4 hours Sunday night, did about 7 deliveries, and walked away for $65.
On top of this, I'm friends with the owners and most of the people who work here. Theres also gambling machines (which are not frugal, but fun to play sometimes) and I get free pizza. Its basically like hanging out with friends and barely doing any work and I have fun and make money. Its getting to the point where I can probably get away with smoking pot on the job.
I know many people will disagree with this post, but this has been a great decision in my life. I don't spend money drinking on Saturdays now. I have a bad habit of putting off grocery shopping until Sunday night and eating out all weekend, this does not matter anymore because I get free pizza. I meet alot of people. All of my debts are being paid aggressively and money is being saved at the same time, this is the first time i've had a savings account since highschool. On an average week now I put $100 into savings, on a good week its $200-300.
I know that this isn't exactly a post that some people may be looking for on this board and my case is a little extreme, and I break some frugal rules (smoking, gambling) but for me, the most important thing personally is that I wake up every day with purpose, not just on the days that I go to the factory. I dont sit around and get wasted anymore all weekend, every day I wake up with 1 goal: to make more money than I spend that day, and try to keep something to save. This has completely changed my attitude towards work in general because before I was just trudging through a week at the factory, waiting for the 2 days off to party. After years of being broke, this has been a very positive step in the right direction and I am very happy my friends at the pizza restaurant have given me this opportunity.
February 13, 2018 at 02:35AM
