Working Poor

LiberalArkie

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2. When I was working, I always made sure my car was sound and had good tires.

Tue Nov 10, 2015, 06:41 PM

Nov 2015

Even if I had to skip meals and stuff. Living in the south, if your car doesn't run, you can't get to work to make any money. I never lived close to anyone who was working close to me. If you have public transportation, priorities would be different.

At one point in my life I lived in my car, went to a gym in the morning ($10 a month) and showered, shaved and changed clothes and went to work.

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People forget how hard basic money management is when you're poor. (Advice thread?) [View all] F4lconF16 Nov 2015 OP

Going to put this in a reply because I don't want to be accused of advertising. F4lconF16 Nov 2015 #1

i'd never accuse you of advertising..unless you did :-) w0nderer Nov 2015 #5

When I was working, I always made sure my car was sound and had good tires. LiberalArkie Nov 2015 #2

Public transportation is a very hard option. F4lconF16 Nov 2015 #3

same here w0nderer Nov 2015 #6

No, but I did save your suggestions :) F4lconF16 Nov 2015 #8

:-) w0nderer Nov 2015 #11

Mmm looking forward to trying this... F4lconF16 Nov 2015 #14

Spreadsheets w0nderer Nov 2015 #4

Good post and topic. historylovr Nov 2015 #7

I liked the ballpark method the best before I built my own spreadsheet. F4lconF16 Nov 2015 #9

I saw that. historylovr Nov 2015 #10

Hi and welcome :-) N/T w0nderer Nov 2015 #12

Hi, and thanks. :) historylovr Nov 2015 #13