I still live with my parents, but I manage pretty well financially. I've got a pretty stable, 20-30 hour job, I can save a good amount of cash each month and still have enough money for a game, maybe a few books or a comic or a nice Blu Ray. I own a couple of consoles, an ok-ish gaming PC, a laptop, a pretty damn nice Full HD LCD TV (which my parents lack, hurhurhur, no HD movies for them!), quite a few books and games and a savings account that not many people of my age have saved for themselves (which is about 6.500 euro's, should be 10.000 at the end of the year).
My parents aren't exactly rich, middle-middleclass or even lower-middleclass. I've always had to pay for the things I wanted myself, barely got presents even on birthdays and Christmas and my parents never saved up for me, which is apparently a normal thing to do around here, to set up a savings account for your kid when he's born and donate him the cash when he's 18 or moves out.
Then again, it makes me proud on what I have and thanks to that treatment (and WoW, seriously) I've learned on how to manage my money properly.
On the other hand, things aren't showing to get any better. I have no idea what I want to do with my life, never amounted to anything, ain't got a diploma (other than a worthless high school one, can't do anything with that) to get a proper career with, heck I don't even know what kind of job I would want. Kinda stuck in a rut right now, I manage pretty well, but I'd like to be able to live on my own.
SimuLord said:
Thanks to the recession and the fact that I live in America's second-worst state for unemployment (my current hometown looks better in Fallout 2 than it does in real life, and Jet would be preferable to all the meth addicts around here), I've gone back to college and I'm living a lifestyle that would be instantly familiar to any single 19-year-old.
Once I've got my degree I'm going to move back home to Boston and make my money as a CPA and wealth manager. I've also got a little media-production business I'm starting up, so hopefully this impoverished state won't last too long.
I just wanted to say this, and that's that I really have a great deal of respect for you, knowing about your recent history and all that crap, yet you still work yourself up so well.
Kudo's, and lots of em, hope I can be like you some day.