I have a part time government job (20 hrs/week) that pays $18.50/hour. I am a third year for computer information systems in college. I have approximately $4000 in my bank account and I have no idea what to do since my school and my job are 13.6 mi apart and I will probably have no car. My paycheck of $1000 will be in my account tomorrow, but I have school MoWe and Work TuThur.
I have a gym membership for a shower and was wondering about buying a car, and I can probably just live there. If I drop school, my job will drop me since it requires me to be a student at an accredited college.
The reason why I am in a situation like this is because I have a very strained relationship with my family. While I like to say that some of it is my fault, they will never take blame for themselves, and my sibling (currently almost financially independent and out of state) has highly recommended that I do NOT live at home. If I hadn't met the friends I met in my life, I probably would have killed myself a while ago. All in all, it is impossible for my parents and I to compromise if I were to be myself and they were to be themselves.
I really don't know what to do. I have friends that live in houses, but my life shouldn't impact theirs. I consider myself financially stupid and young and foolish but I am willing to learn from my mistakes. Let me know if I missed anything, I'm at work right now and my entire body is shaking in frustration. Thanks.
Edit: I have a makeshift plan that I would ideally like to follow. If this plan is not viable, feel free to throw suggestions.
- Buy a car with my current funds
- Find a second part time job
- Live with my friends and pay rent/Live in the car
- Shower at the gym
- Laundry my friends can help out with
- Food and Gas is covered by me
- Apply for FAFSA 2019-2020 as financially independent
- Possibly drop out of university and attend community college. I need to be in an accredited college to retain my current job.
- Do I have to do taxes? I know I get something called a W-2 today.
Apologies in advance for not responding as I am at work.
Update: Some assholes down at the bottom told me to man up and solve it with my parents, so I did. I’m now covering more expenses on my own as a result, but I’m planning on staying until I get my degree and am gunna book it soon after. I’ll be fine, and thanks for anyone who took the time out of their day to criticize me, support me, or give any type of advice. I will still talk to the financial department at school and see what my options are to get out of home ASAP, since it’s definitely financially more smart to not have student loans.
And lmao to those people who tell me I’m being a bitch.
Submitted January 29, 2019 at 03:02PM by paperplane745 http://bit.ly/2G9mziA
