TLDR at bottom.
I’m gonna start this by saying it’s not that I don’t want to work. I just want to be able to live.
My two roommates and I share a two bedroom apartment and since I got here last I got the basement as my bedroom. It’s incredibly frustrating, but I wouldn’t be nearly as upset if I could at least fucking feed myself.
How the fuck is anybody supposed to make ends meet these days? I work 6 days a week and it’s gotten to the point where I can’t even afford food anymore let alone rent and bills. Rent is due in 3 days and I have $1.72 in my bank account. I’m stressed out about it and scared but there’s nobody I can turn to for help because everybody I know is having just as hard of a time as me or worse.
I have car problems that I’ve been putting off for months now because I literally can’t even afford the parts to fix it myself. (Let alone shop rates) I have a monthly payment arrangement with the IRS because I couldn’t afford to pay taxes on time this year. (That they’re happily charging me interest for) And I’m somehow supposed to be able to pay for all of that plus rent, bills, food, and gas in my tank.
I’m fucking exhausted, demoralized, and wondering why I continue on just to suffer.
TLDR:
I don’t understand how anybody is supposed to make ends meet anymore unless you’re born into wealth. I work 6 days a week, live with two roommates, and I still can’t afford even basic necessities.