I apologize if this is the wrong place to post this since it is kinda all over the place, but seeing as the root of the problem deals with financial problems that I got myself in, I figured this was the right place. Anyways, let's get into it.
Hi! I've been a long time Reddit lurker, but that's not really important background information to know. What is important, however, is this:
It sort of started around March 2018. My parents argued a lot and had what I'd call pretty much a toxic relationship, so after years of me trying to hold their relationship together, they just got fed up with it all and broke up. Before that, my brother had gotten into a really bad situation of his own, which I won't talk about for his own privacy. I got mentally and emotionally involved with these family issues, so it took a huge toll on me and got me not only super stressed, but got me feeling down as well. At the time, I was going through 4 classes to finish off the college year, so I thought as usual, I could make it through all 4 of my classes while dealing with my stress on my own. However, by doing so, I ended up falling really behind in all of my classes because I couldn't deal with it all, so over the course of the next month, I dropped out of 3 of my 4 classes slowly. Now at this point, only being in one of my classes, my dad asked me one day how I was doing in my classes. Before I continue that thought, I have to say something about my dad: he's bipolar, and so he has major freak outs over the most small and trivial things that no one should even get mad over, yet he'll literally blow up in curses over them. Knowing this and my history, my initial reaction was to lie to him and say, "Yeah, it's all going well." This is where it all began essentially. From there, in order to give that illusion that I really was attending classes, I started to stick around my college campus, even if my work for my one class was all done. This meant I would hold out at my community college from 7 AM until 4 or 5 PM when my dad came to pick me up. I was happy when the semester was finally over, as it meant I could relax a bit. Deciding that to ease up my stress a bit, I'd only take one class next semester and I quickly filled out my FAFSA for the next semester (something I should've really done a lot sooner but I procrastinated like I always do). It took a bit, but one day in July I logged in to check and make sure everything was good to go and... I got a message stating that because I withdrew from too many classes the previous semester, I would not get my FAFSA money for a period of time. I had no idea that this could even happen, probably because I'm an idiot and never acknowledged the fact that it could happen. This sent me panicking, as I'd thought that I'd be set for the semester. As my Dad made me start paying for the internet bill due to me getting my FAFSA money (and now entrusting me to pay for it every month) and I had to now pay for my tuition and class myself, I started going to try to apply to a lot of jobs within my area.
Now it's a month later at this point. Thankfully, I've been able to hold out till now, but I unfortunately had to use the last of my remaining money to pay off Internet so I could have Internet access for another month (I couldn't afford both some sort of plan to pay off my college costs and the internet at the same time, yeah I know right?). Additionally, I've only had one interview, which did not end in me getting the job, and nothing else otherwise. So yeah, now I'm in a really bad situation, so I need to do something about it. I even lied to my Dad about still being in classes (which is another mistake, in all honesty, but I don't know what else to do with him as he can be very unpredictable and unreasonable), so not only is the situation bad, it's honestly really weird at this point too: I still go to my college campus and chill around, which I'm paranoid about making me look suspicious, just in order to continue to hold this lie up. I can't keep it up much longer though, and I'm slowly breaking down as I'm unsure of what to do. Luckily, I can still get into a class in time if I can work something out before September 9th. However, I still have to somehow pull off lying to my Dad as well about my book money, as that's part of the FAFSA deal as well, and I have to figure something out by next week to deal with that. Last thing I should mention because I do feel that this will get brought up is I have little contact with either old friends or my family at this point due to how broken up inside it is and how little of them want anything to do with me nowadays, and the ones that I do have contact with cannot help me in my situation. Thus, I come to you guys, Reddit, with these questions and your advice:
- How should I try to get fast money moving forward?
- Should I be honest to my Dad and tell him the truth now or later? I do plan to tell him no matter what, even if he doesn't react well to the news.
- Should I talk with financial advisors at my community college, even if I'm not technically enrolled in any classes there as of now? And lastly...
- Should I continue trying to go for jobs for companies within my area (or a little further, I suppose) that are easy for beginners in the workforce or should I start trying to go for jobs within my specific field (working with computers)?
I sincerely thank anyone who has taken the time to read this far, and I will try to listen to any advice that you guys may or may not have because at this point I have no choice but to try to be decisive of what to do quickly. I realize this was a lot to take in, but hopefully I can get answers to my questions as well as general advice moving forward. I'll edit this post again when I think I've come to a full decision on what I want to do.
Submitted August 23, 2018 at 04:07AM by JustAttempt https://ift.tt/2LgiuIg
