I have not moved out, but I do know about being poor. So here's a tip: depending on where you are you can get a little extra money by collecting the bottles that people leave out with the garbage and taking them for refunds. I don't know if you do that where you live though. But you can get 5c a bottle or can, which adds up.
Also, do not put a mattress right on the floor for long periods of time. My mother says it can rot if you do that.
It's a tourist city that's routinely cleaned, so I'm not sure how viable that is. The mattress is no big deal, the place has a bed.
Thank you.
Keep looking, looking, looking for work every single day, at every single shop, store and business. Don't stop until you land something. I'm serious, you have to hit the pavement every single day and apply to places you wouldn't even think of normally. If you know where you are going to be living and you can somewhat easily get there, start job searching now instead of waiting till you've moved in. (Of course taking time off to actually move and maybe a day's rest). I drove 2 hours out to Rolla a few times before I moved here just to job search and it payed off.
Have been looking since the 15th, gotten denied for each one. No way of getting there since it's over three hours away and I'm really not kidding when I said I have enough money to
survive for three months. Pinching pennies will be a necessity rather than a wise life choice.
Don't say no to any free money from parents or relatives if it's offered because of your pride. If they offer it, take it and squirrel it away until you need it.
I am moving away to never hear from my parent and relatives ever again, but that is a valid point for those that actually have family.
You'll probably need internet and your phone service to job hunt, but skip cable, eating out, movies and all extraneous spending until you land a job.
Internet is free, it's a motel. I know the owner and got a discount for monthly renting, it's the only way this was possible to begin with. I do have my phone, yes. I've organized my affairs. It's expensive as hell because of contract but that wasn't my choice at the time.
Also, seek out the local Goodwill and keep checking in to see if they have openings. The work's monotonous, but they have a revolving door of new hires. Goodwill exists solely to employ people, get them on their feet and help them earn a living wage.
Unfortunately there are no Goodwills here.
Thank you.
Compared to what you're doing my moving out was very easy, I was in college and switched from living with my parents to living in my own apartment for my senior year. I already had a job etc. and had my same set of friends/support structure. Then last August I moved several hours away to go to grad school, much more of a moving out on my own feeling. But still I had school and associated assistant ship already set up before I got here, though I didn't know anybody here which is still causing me some trouble.
I have to wonder how old are you? Have you ever lived alone before?
I'm eighteen. No I have not. I've been trapped in a basement room since I was a child at first because I was not permitted to go outside and then because of illness. This is a complete shift of lifestyle.
The biggest thing for me was finding direction, sure I had some forced on me work/school, but I moved in the summer so school was minimal. I was used to a lot of freedom, but nowhere near the amount I got living alone. Learn to use it and don't let it take you over... You need structure, even stupid sounding things like maintaining a reasonable bedtime are important. I spent my first summer not sleeping, I worked in the morning at 9am and I was hanging out with this girl who worked evening shift and got off at 10pm, so I would work and do school all day, then hang out with her/have sex/drink til about 3-4am then sleep a few hours and repeat. I did this for about the best week and worst two months of my life when sleep deprivation dragged me down.
Overall just maintaining discipline, I eat out too much, drink soda too much, etc. And it's soooooo easy to do when say you are doing your own grocery shopping, especially because its cheap and good.
I currently volunteer remotely for a NYC charity. Upon moving, I am also to help in the spring season at the communal farm which will make me feel less terrible about taking from the food bank. I'm not sure what else I'm going to do. I will likely seek more volunteering posts if it is at all possible. I need to focus on employment and my health mostly and depending on the job I won't be able to volunteer anywhere simply because I have no control over my schedule.
Try to make friends, if you're used to having people around it will be lonely without them. Even if you didn't particularly like them or spend time together, you'll miss just having people around, or at least I do.
Don't like people and have spent my entire life entirely alone IRL, so that aspect won't change.
With food be aware of what you WILL eat, I made the mistake of calculating something as a cheap/tasty/nutritious food and bought a bunch at a discount, but then didn't eat much of it because I grew tired of it or it was too much of a pain to make several times.
Yes, I have this problem too. Things taste bad if I eat them too much consecutively. I will only have a small motel fridge at my disposal however, so buying in bulk is not an option for me. I do have the benefit of having a crock pot, though, so every time I make something I'll have three meals. I reckon rice and vegetables that are on sale will be the primary make up of my diet.
Wash, bathe, shave, etc. Make sure you get plenty of sleep. And keep your head up, depression leads to more depression.
Judging from where I was seven months ago, nothing that happens after I move will bring me lower than that. Sleep might be a problem, bathing won't be.
I've gone through the lack of hygiene phase of depression, I know enough now to never return to that.
Oh and I assume you have an apartment lined up already? Only use heat/AC when you absolutely need too, it's really expensive. Don't buy Cable/internet until you are 100% sure you can afford it, this will also help keep you out and about bettering your situation. Alos don't expect your deposit back, even if you take care of the place.
No apartment. There is no way a landlord would accept someone like me. I have a deal with a motel owner that lets me have a room, free cleaning, free water, AC/heat, access to pool, etc for $500 a month, which is at least $200 cheaper than any apartment. The intent is to find a good enough job and work enough hours that in three months I can afford an apartment deposit and move out since after three months, tourist season begins. The owner in question stated that after tourist season begins, he'd need to raise the renting price because otherwise he'd be losing money by letting me stay for so cheap. I reckon this might be a $100-300 rent increase, so it might be the same as an apartment. However, then I run into the problem that I won't have enough money to afford the deposit, be trapped with the higher rent cost, and be trapped financially and with accommodations. It is a very rickety situation.
Thank you, as well.
Anyone know anything about stuff like that? Again, was that a bad thing or some weird prank? 
