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I gotta get outta this place!
I turned 18 almost three months ago and I still live with my parents. Now, normally this would be okay after all I should be off to college in a few weeks and the problem is solved. However, I want to take a year off because my hippy ass is planning on teaching yoga.
I'm about to be enrolled in this yoga teacher training by the good graces of my parents. They're being incredibly generous and paying for my tuition for this endeavor because they think taking a year off to teach yoga would be good for me... This was of course after a lot of convincing. The class starts in late August at which point I'll be living at the ashram for a whole month! I couldn't be more excited!
After I'm out of this program I'll be licensed to teach a few varieties of yoga pretty much everywhere. This gives me huge flexibility in finding a job, and believe it or not a lot of places are looking for teachers. Being employed is very likely after I finish the training, but it might take me a few months to finally land a stable job.
Here's the thing.
Once my teacher training is done my living situation, at least for a while, looks like it will be with my parents and sister. I'd like to avoid this in any way possible. I've lived with my family my whole life and for the first time I feel like independence is within my grasp. I'm grateful that they'd offer me a place to stay, rent free, but I can't live there anymore. My family has a dynamic that is less than functional and I want out!
There are a few factors going for me here:
I already have a job
It'll end when I leave for teacher training and won't come back. Summer job
I have some cash
Including life savings and all I've worked for this summer I'll have about 2 grand that I can use
I don't need a car
Really, this town doesn't require a car
And some that are less helpful:
Rent is a huge bitch
This is a rich kid college town and rent is expensive. $500 a month is cheap
I spend a lot of money on food
And this isn't going to change. I don't eat gluten or dairy and this adds a lot to my monthly bill
Now I know you won't be able to give me exact recommendations of what to do. I need to do my homework and set myself up with a cheap place and good job opportunities. That being said, what kind of advice does TL have to help me move out?
 
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United States24740 Posts
1000 a month here is cheap. I'm only moving out now at 25 so I don't have much sympathy hahaha....
I probably wouldn't survive another year though.... I did go away for college for 4 years btw.
Not needing a car is very helpful, if you can really get away from it. My friend recently started working after finishing grad school.... lives a block from his office, doesn't have a car, and is affording a 1900/month 1 bedroom apartment... not that I would pay that but yea...
edit: btw 2 grand is not much when you are living away... right now my bank account fluxuates up or down more than that in a given month due to tuition, pay checks, rent/expenses/food, so it's not a lot to start with. Not saying it's unworkable necessarily but just making sure you realize 2k is way below an ideal amount to start with when planning to move out.
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Yeah I was going to say, 2 grand is not much in savings at all. You will probably have to pay first and last month's rent wherever you live, so that's at least 1k gone already.
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I'm in a similar boat as micronesia, I'm 25 and just moved out for the first time since college. I work in Manhattan so rent her is also quite high, $1k would be considered cheap.
It's difficult to give too much advice if you haven't secured a job yet and thus don't know what kind of income to expect. I would strongly recommend that you don't move out until you've secured a job so you know what kind of living conditions you can afford before potentially getting locked into a lease or something.
$2k is also very very little when thinking about moving out in my opinion. I would say have at least 6 months rent+living expenses saved up before moving out, but I'm on the fairly cautious end of things. Perhaps you could slide by with a little less. To put things into perspective, I got a place with 4 other people and I would burn through $2k in a month or two tops and I consider myself to live fairly frugally.
If you've never lived on your own before, not even college, then you're going to have a hell of a time jumping straight into total independence.
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CA10828 Posts
I agree with micro that 2k is not very much to start out with but I guess it isn't too bad of a start. Also is that $500 rent for your own place or with a roommate? If it's just you that is a dirt cheap price so don't complain man lol. Depending on where you live a lot of studios go for about 1k per month. Make sure you always have at least 500 in the bank for emergencies although 1000 would ideal. Also, keep in mind that living on your own is always a lot more expensive than you'd expect. Good luck!
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United States24740 Posts
One thing to consider is that most apartments etc you move in to are unfurnished... how much furniture and other stuff are you gonna have to buy?
Are you going to pay for renter's insurance? I just signed up for some today with my insurance agent... it's like 190 something for the year for me but since it's bundled with my car insurance I get a bulk discount of like -80 on top of that so I'm only paying a little over 100 a year for protection from theft, fire, water damage, etc...
Television, internet, and phone are all fairly expensive so keep that in mind also. Utilities may or may not be included... electricity if you have air conditioning on top of the fridge will be a bitch haha.
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2000, even if it would've been in euros, is not so much... I'd advice you to get some extra money in as a buffer, so that you've got some safety. When your job is on the rails I suppose the money won't be an issue, but living on 2k for a couple of months... It's difficult, and most certainly risky.
What about moving in with a friend or something? As long as you make sure that you get out when you've landed a job, I don't see much wrong with that.
But I can completely sympathize with the idea that you just. have. to. get. out. I like my life so much better when I don't have to live with my parents and siblings all the time.
So do move out. But don't do it on 2k  Maybe you could ask your parents for monetary support until you can provide for yourself? Just an idea...
Anyway, good luck.
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Katowice25012 Posts
I suggest finding roommates for your first experience away from home, if you have any friends doing the same thing it would work out well. I feel like living alone for the first time would have been boring if I wasn't around all my best friends of the time.
Otherwise I found moving out to be super easy.
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Yeah, roomates is the way to go. But If I was in your situation, I'd stay at home... free rent is a great deal, also nice amenities are really nice to have. You're really borderline for having enough money to actually move, and it sucks to move everything. It sucks even more to watch most of your paycheck go to rent and utilities, food, etc.
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I have so much expertise in moving out/around I moved like 5-6 times on my own. If you need any help PM me or something. I can give you some solid advice.
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Oh god I'm starting to realize how spoiled I am.
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Wow you guys are insane for paying that much for rent, glad i dont live in big cities.
Really when i think about it your paying for the ability to get access to better jobs etc anyway but the thing that i never really understand and its probably just a brain fart but why the hell do ppl in the city get payed for work no one even needs doing?
Farmers, Factories, Mining, Lumbering all these require more work and is actually beneficial all the time, i cant really explain how im thinking though  , oh like real estate agents, you never need one its just something society has said we could use so now they are here type of deal.
Ah well someone might get what im trying to say.
EDIT: Rereading this it sounds very communist lol.
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51497 Posts
On July 14 2010 17:26 Shrine wrote:Wow you guys are insane for paying that much for rent, glad i dont live in big cities. Really when i think about it your paying for the ability to get access to better jobs etc anyway but the thing that i never really understand and its probably just a brain fart but why the hell do ppl in the city get payed for work no one even needs doing? Farmers, Factories, Mining, Lumbering all these require more work and is actually beneficial all the time, i cant really explain how im thinking though , oh like real estate agents, you never need one its just something society has said we could use so now they are here type of deal. Ah well someone might get what im trying to say. EDIT: Rereading this it sounds very communist lol.
Where do you live? I was looking at prices for accommodation at uni's for next year and they seem quite expensive (around 200ish seems to be the cheapest per week -_-)
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In my opinion, if you wanted to move away from home so bad you should have gone directly to college.
Saying you're getting a job and actually getting one are two entirely different things.
$2k will last you about a month and a half, 3 at best without steady income.
If you want to move out that bad, save up, look on craigslist or your local paper for roommate adds. This way you're sharing the bill, the living area is probably furnished, and you have people to hang out with.
Is living at home really that bad?
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Hong Kong20321 Posts
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living outside of home is a growing experience that everyone should go through. Since you are going to college anyways, I suggest to stay at home until you do so and save up as much money as you can.
What people don't understand is that your first lump of money is very important whether it is to buy a car for work or put a down payment on property. So instead of blowing it all on something unnecessary, save your money that you will make during the yoga teaching them and then after you grad from university, you will be able to purchase a place (with summer jobs and maybe an internship)
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