If you work 40 hours/week, you should be able to afford to live on your own.

I don’t care what you do at your job, if you’re working 8 hours a day 5 hours/week you deserve to be able to EXIST. Sadly this is not true. I make a little under double minimum wage but am scared to move out of my parents’ house (1 bedroom apartment) because I think I would I would run out of money in a few months. I realize I have it a lot better than some people, but holy shit this depresses the hell out of me. I want to move out in the spring, but with the way prices are I’m not even close to being able to save enough to make it. I feel like I’m being held back from becoming and adult because I don’t make enough to survive. I feel useless and I want to give up but I know I need to keep chugging along.<br><br><br>Edit: To everyone telling me to “get a better job” I highly doubt you have struggled financially in your life. I’m not saying it is not impossible to work your way up in life, obviously that’s true. But in reality that is so hard for so many people. I am currently looking for a better job but it is not an easy thing to do. I’m not asking for much, and I know it’s not the way the world works, but I want everyone to be able to live comfortably.