I am not really sure where to start but I’ve been losing sleep at night because I feel like I’m going no where and making nothing.
I am 25 and work in public education for a school system. I am part of the IT department and have since I was 18.
When I graduated high school I applied for a job with my local school system and got the job. I started at 32k a year with full benefits and a pension plan which seemed awesome at the time. Well now at 7 years later I’m making 36k and feel no closer to getting where I want. I am still a tech 1. My county doesn’t promote techs unfortunately.
I live in a very rural town in the south which I love. I’ve been here since I was born and I don’t want to leave but I feel like I’m going no where at the same time.
Honestly I get a little mad when I see posts of “I increased my salary just by doing x” and it feels like there’s nothing I can do about mine.
To be clear I absolutely love my job. Not like it’s a good job love like I wake up and I look forward to going to work. I can’t imagine doing any other job. I don’t have any desire to go back to school. I know that sounds bad but I hated school. I don’t want to go to college I just want to work.
So I own a modest home nothing crazy. 1500 sq feet in a nice secluded area with no neighbors. My loan was for 80000 which I currently owe 70k on. All my bills total each month total at $980 a month. I feel like I save nothing each month and I’m trapped driving the cheapest cars and buying off brand stuff.
I feel like if I don’t nickel and dime every purchase I’ll be poor forever. I’m just tired of being poor and I feel like I’m drowning in debt.
I’m sorry for the long post and sorry if this is the wrong subreddit for this but idk what else to do. I need help but I feel completely lost. I’m not looking to make 6 figures a year I just want to live comfortably and drive a decent car. I’d be perfectly happy making 50k a year. That doesn’t sound like much to some of you but it would be huge for me.
I want to keep my current schedule it’s very important to me because I have a special needs little sister whom I help my parents with every single day. I work 7:30 to 3:30 no weekends no holidays etc but I feel trapped being poor.
TLDR: work in the south in public education I feel trapped being poor with no end in sight and I don’t know what to do.
Edit: I can’t really move due to the fact my little sister has multiple scoliosis and cerebral palsy. Her spine was fused about 9 yeas back so walking is difficult and she needs 24/7 help pretty much. So I stayed in my home town to be near by and help my parents whom are getting older. They can’t really move her well and I’m afraid of them getting hurt.
Submitted September 18, 2018 at 09:08AM by notgoodwithpeople22 https://ift.tt/2QKNmEO
