#gonna hunt down some reddit threads about debt forgiveness i guess

[captainkingsley]

I keep feeling like I can't go looking for financial help because I make a decent amount at my work but like, it's still barely enough to pay rent and all the other bills I have.

My area has such high rent that it's nearly impossible to find even a one bedroom apartment that you can meet the minimum requirement of three times rent at (I only did bc I was living with someone at the time, when she left I kept the apartment under my name).

And anything cheaper has a two year wait list. I tried. So many times already. I applied for an apartment closer to my work (across the parking lot actually) and they denied me because I don't make enough. It's the exact same price as where I'm living now, which is in a really inconvenient area across town on a busy street.

I am just BARELY making my rent this month but only because I'm pulling from my next paycheck... Which will then cycle into me pulling early from the paycheck after that, and then the one after that, etc etc.

And yet I'm still trying to reason with myself that it's fine if I go looking for help. Because yeah I make over minimum wage but it's still not enough to pay for much. And our summer bonus just ended so I'm going to be even worse off, especially with heating bills...

But other people get paid less, so I should leave the resources for them... But then what if I keep avoiding going for help and end up in a worse situation? I dunno.

Can I just bite the system and rip it apart. Please