Though I have been looking for part-time jobs and have some promising prospects, I am gradually becoming a little bit more nervous about my financial situation. I have savings - gifts from relatives from over the years given for holidays and birthdays, extra savings here and there from summer jobs. I was a relatively frugal kid/teen and my parents took care of paying for my food/clothing so I didn't need to spend a lot of money. But now, well, I am paying for almost all my expenses, BUT I don't have a job! On the one hand I feel like I should consider myself lucky - I don't have student loans to worry about paying back like many of my friends. Scholarships greatly reduced my college tuition and my parents could afford to pay the difference and were kind enough to do so. But even though I don't have to worry about loans, it's hard watching my savings gradually disappear - mostly to rent and health insurance and the cost of therapy. Rent is sort of ...
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