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foxycornn OP t1_j2zhliy wrote

Reply to comment by werd_matrix in changing my life by foxycornn

that’s the thing. the biggest industry i’ve been in with a higher paying job(that is being in Oklahoma currently) is retail and ive been an assistant manager at restaurants 😭

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werd_matrix t1_j2zj91c wrote

Unless you're corporate, no retail chain will pay to relocate you. Do you have a degree?

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foxycornn OP t1_j2zkakx wrote

i have tried not once but twice to get a degree and everytime i go i fail at least 2 classes surprised the college hasn’t kicked me out yet

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[deleted] t1_j32ga41 wrote

Stay in Oklahoma and finish your degree, then move to Seattle after you have a career going.

Seattle is not the place to be without both a degree and career trajectory. Going without is how you end up homeless.

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werd_matrix t1_j2zklci wrote

What is your major?

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foxycornn OP t1_j2zkqde wrote

1st attempt was history education 2nd and current attempt is fine arts (because im a band kid)

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werd_matrix t1_j2zlatj wrote

Ehhh, while I would never dissuade someone from getting a degree but perhaps look at a more marketable skil as your major. Like business or communications.

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aratoutwest t1_j2zk1be wrote

You can make good money serving here to get yourself started.

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werd_matrix t1_j2zk51g wrote

True, but no restaurant will pay to relocate a server.

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aratoutwest t1_j2zkjdv wrote

No, that’s why you’ve gotta save. Took me about 8k to move all told with security and first month, flights, shipping and buying furniture. To be fair though moving cross country had been my goal for a while.

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werd_matrix t1_j2zkzw5 wrote

Was about $10,000 all in to move from CA to WA in Spring 2022. I didn't factor in new furniture, then it's about $14,000.

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aratoutwest t1_j2znass wrote

Used minimoves cause I was only taking two larger furniture pieces, a small family table, and a couple boxes. So the movers were only 2,300 (2,000 once they showed a week late)+ a couple hundred for tips on either end. Plane was 700~ cause I was flying a family member and my cat out with me and flying said family memeber home. First + security was 3000~. Got furniture from goodwill, ikea, and a used furniture store in Seattle totaling 1,400~.

Start up cost of getting all the like base ingredients for everything (love to cook and bake) was pretty high, feel like my first couple grocery bills were 100-150 but have leveled off to about 50-70. Plus getting misc things for my cat like scratching posts, cat trees, litter box, food, litter ect. Was probably like 200 all told? Got a massive cat tree off Craigslist for like 20 bucks.

Am I in the nicest apartment with the best furniture? No my apartment is a little small (1 bedroom though) and some of my furniture is a mismash of two pieces to create a piece that’s useful to me, but it works and I got out here! That’s all that really matters.

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foxycornn OP t1_j2zk66j wrote

the thing is i need a way to get up there.

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werd_matrix t1_j2zkuhv wrote

I can tell from experience that to move a 1 bedroom apartment from CA to WA in Spring of 2022 cost $7,500, just for the movers and the truck. Not to mention the 1st and last month rent, getting out of my old lease, and other moving related expenses. Overall it was at least $10,000. If you factor in new furniture and household items it was about $14,000.

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Bloominghell7 t1_j324u9r wrote

I’m from Oklahoma and I currently live in WA. I would say don’t go straight for Seattle. But there are jobs that could be of interest to you outside of that. Live on site farm jobs that have housing, usually cheap or can be combined with work?

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foxycornn OP t1_j32mk6w wrote

That’s a good idea. Thanks :)

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Bloominghell7 t1_j36z0fb wrote

I did this back in 2018 and it worked out really great. I was pretty lucky though, I got paid full time and also housing, plus food. But even if you find a place that has full pay and discount housing it’s a pretty nice gig. Plus you get to work outside and learn. Im a farm manager now and love my job. Plus there’s so many varieties of farming-vegetables, cattle, cannabis. I’d start looking now though. Farming season starts in March/April.

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