My family has always been way down on the spectrum of financial stability, as in they can never afford to do anything nice, go on vacations, or do anything that isn't the bare minimum of having a house, food, and a car. More than half of my family is like this, and I don't want to be like them. My aunt is in her 40's, working three jobs. My uncle just turned 50 and hasn't done very much with his life besides stay inside all the time drinking, smoking, and browsing the web. I live with my grandparents, but my own mom is about to turn 40 and has never even owned a house. Might I add, she's in jail currently. My dad is barely living off scraps in a trailer trying to provide for two other people, and is never able to pay all of his bills on time. I don't want to end up like them, but the direction I'm going in, it doesn't seem like that's going to happen. My grandparents aren't going to be able to help me either, because this isn't the same world they grew up in and they're the kind of older people who are stuck in 1955. That's an exaggeration, and I love them, but you get my point. I'm sorry for rambling, but I feel so hopelessly lost. None of the people around me are happy with their lives, and I really don't want that.
At the moment, I work a part-time job at McDonalds and have a GED. I will never make it in life like this. What are some steps I can take to start saving money now? Can investing money actually help me make money in the long-run? If so, where do I start?
I'm debating going to college, or at least community college in the future, but right now that would be a terrible mistake because I'm still trying to figure out what I want to do. But any suggestions, thoughts, advice, ideas are welcome. Anything, really.
Submitted April 27, 2019 at 11:31PM by CaramelKangaroo http://bit.ly/2UG3hF7
