Positive: A little backstory, I had two jobs. Got let go from one (for a terrible reason) & laid off at the other a week later! I didn’t have very much in savings and my dog had a $1400 surgery that same week. (I’m young, made very dumb mistakes with my money which I FULLY recognize. Now I know better so it was a great learning lesson.)

It was a struggle and thank God my parents helped me out, but I still had to max out my credit cards to pay bills. I couldn’t find a job for 3 months & I finally got a great one back in January! I’ve been slowly getting back on my feet & realized the number one cause of my problems was my high rent! I’m paying around $2000 after all my bills. The base price of my rent is 1687. Not counting my car insurance, internet and other necessary expenses.

The win: I secured a new apartment this week that’s super nice and cheaper! Now my base price is 1436 and I’m SO happy with that. I don’t move in until July. I live in metro Atlanta so that’s great & should help me start turning things around! After insurance, groceries, internet, etc, over half of my current income is going towards my rent right now.

I’m also looking for a part time job somewhere to help pay off my debt & pay my parents back! Fingers crossed!!