I'm 26 years old with a graduate degree in History and BA in Women's Studies whose life turned out a lot different than I planned due to many bad decisions as well as a few circumstances partially beyond my control. My parents kicked me out at age 23 and I've been living on my own since then. At first I was living with roommates but due to personality conflicts I've had to live by myself in a 1BR in the cheapest area I could find, but the rent is still $1300 a month.
I currently work a food service job making 50 cents over minimum wage and I'm having to dip into my savings just to eat. I often run out of money before my paychecks clear and have to go a day or two with almost no food. Obviously I'm in an unsustainable position so I've been looking for better paying jobs. I've applied to a number of teaching jobs in my area but have been barely getting any interviews, and even if I get one I never make it past the first one (currently trying to figure our what I'm doing wrong). This has been enormously taxing on me emotionally and I cry almost every night when I think about how much my student loans are climbing ($105,000 currently) and the fact that I'm not even making a lot of my minimum payments.
I have about $1300 in my bank right now and I'm taking out $900 a month to pay for food, rent, gas, loans (when I can make it), and other necessities. I have one job that I'm currently applying to that pays around 30-40k that would be an ENORMOUS benefit to my situation, but I'm stressing so hard that I might not get it due to having failed in the past with other interviews. Since I'm on the verge of running out of savings I might have to start living in my car which would make finding a better job even more difficult. I really don't want it to come to that but it's almost like I have no other choice.
Is there any advice here on what I should do? I'm feeling completely lost and despondent.
Submitted May 20, 2017 at 12:38PM by kmibo http://ift.tt/2pWBAx2
