I thought it might be helpful for you to know just what kind of financial trouble I'm going to have if I have to pay for everything. Per week:
Money in:
�65/week
Money out:
�25 = Food
And then, every day (3 days per week) I'm at college:
�3 = Cab to the train station
�2.80 = Train ticket into town
�1 = Drink
�1 = Food
�1 = Bus home from station
�8.80 = Total per day
�8.80 x 3 days = �26.40
�26.40 College + �25 Food = �51.40
�13.60 = Money I have left per week to spend on clothes, extra food/drink while at college, anything extra needed in the house.
Up until last night, �10 of that �13.60 went towards ScreenSelect per month but I have decided to cancel my subscription to it because of my impending eviction.
So, even though I have no rent to pay and no bills to pay, I STILL only have �13.60 left at the end of one week.
Now imagine if I did have rent and bills on top of that.
�280 in rent
�80 on bills? (Gas, Electric, Water, Net)
�30 on college
�30 on food
That comes to �420 per month.
And I'm supposed to find a place to live with MINUS �140.
Now, alternatively, I could get a job. I wouldn't mind working. But it's working enough to find that �420.
Example:
�65 = What I recieve currently.
If I was working instead:
�4.20 (Minimum wage) x 7 hours = �29.40
�29.40 x two weekdays I'm not in college = �58.80
�29.40 x two weekdays, plus Sat OR Sunday = �88.20
�29.40 x two weekdays, plus Saturday AND Sunday = �117.60
So in order to be earning more than what I recieve currently, I'd have to work three days per week. However, in order to earn the �420 or so that I'd need to actually survive and afford to live, I'd have to work four days a week, plus the three days I have in college, plus keep up to date with all of the work and that would also mean no days off in a week.
It's college that is currently the problem. Well, the problem is that I'M BEING KICKED OUT OF MY OWN HOUSE, but aside from that.
I mean, if I wasn't in college, I'd have five days per week that I could work.
�29.40 x 5 = �147
�147 x 1 month = �588
What the fuck am I going to do?