Canât afford to live
At what quality of life?
I find it hard to believe you have a public service job that canât pay for your peanut butter sandwiches and vegetables to stay alive.
Lol damn, God forbid someone want more out of life than scraping by getting basic needs barely met. Iâve been looking around while in school, and plenty of jobs are still paying $15-19/hr. That is barely enough to get by, depending where you live and rent may not even be enough, let alone take a vacation once a year or even think of raising a family.
What do you mean? He used the word âneedâ and now youâre changing it to âwants.â
Why are you conflating needs with wants?
Itâs both. Humans need breaks, vacations, etc. I may want to take a vacation to South America but would settle for somewhere North, though.
The wording was a tad dramatic.
I can afford to eat. But I canât afford housing and any enjoyment comes with guilt from knowing itll have a knock on effect to my finances. Iâm living with a parent (who similarly struggles to pay bills)
Itâs more a case of finding it hard to hit the bills and not being able to see a future where Iâm comfortable.
Iâd say itâs mostly due to the cost of living rather than the pay. 10 years ago Iâd be doing quite well, but the pay grades havenât changed to meet inflation or accommodate for the high cost of living.