What was it like when u were broke/lowest?
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So while i was at work bored.. i started day dreaming and thought about how there was time when i got fired from my job...spent all my $$ on rent,bills etc.. and barely had anything left
So i went to my car and looked under the seat for change (i always dropped change) and than i went to jack n da box n got those 2 tacos for $1.06 and a 99 cent arizona
You ever had a nap for dinner?
So i went to my car and looked under the seat for change (i always dropped change) and than i went to jack n da box n got those 2 tacos for $1.06 and a 99 cent arizona
You ever had a nap for dinner?
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A few years back, fresh outta high school. I was working at walmart at the time and got paid every other thursday. Bruh! That walmart had a McDonald's inside of it. Life saver. I used to live off that dollar menu. Especially after rent was paid. Id probably have about a good $60 to live off for a week 1/2...
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Summer of 2010, I went a week in an Arizona summer without utilities. It wasn't the whole week but it would cut out in and out. I went inside the ampm to pay for gas in coins as that was all we had. My dog died Pawblo Woofscobar, of parvo virus and I was only able to scrap together that electrolyte drink to keep him hydrated. When your best friend died in your hands; it was tough typing those last 8 or so words, when your best friend died in your hands and you cannot afford medical attention to save him, yeah that's tough compas. My turning point was going to a local car wash and paying with a credit card and checking my paycheck and bills simultaneously, only to find I did not have enough money for my bills. That was the last time I was ever late on a bill.
I'm on a plan right now to pay off debt. When I had a lot of debt, there were days I had nothing to eat and I had to go to work. I only have now like a shade over $12k of debt left to pay, with a baby on the way in a few weeks. There is nothing more motivating to me than paying off debt so A) I am not broke af anymore and B- I want to give the best possible life for both my lady and my son, who have been more supportive and have shown me more love than anyone else. So now all three of us will soon be living like no one else. -
You ever gather pennies then go to the mexican grocery store to buy noodles for 12 cent a piece??????
I had to stretch those noodles for a week ? -
Burger king Taco Bell and McDonald's dollar menu's saves lives man im telling u..
When saving a good chunk of change those are go to spots for a good five days -
? I'm in the Mtg industry and when the economy collapse...man I used all my savings and 401k to keep up with my mtg payment. When that ran out I couldn't afford to put gas in my truck to go to an interview and used my change jar to put $30 in the tank. Didn't get the job and got 3 IPass tickets to get out there. Only job I could find was at a 24 hr gym overnights on the weekend. Worked that for 5 years and a bunch of 1099 jobs at Law Firms. Plus can't front sold some work and steriods to keep afloat. It got so bad I ate expired food from the gym for 6 months. My parents found out afterwards and were ? that I never said anything. Found the gig I have now for the 1st 4 months I rode my bicycle to work because I just wanted to save all my money to get back on my feet. I've been there for 5 years now so it did work out.
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Kept the crib too. -
Dollar menu
Those Tostitos pizzas used to be a $1 at one point
Ramen(cant eat it to this day)
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Fall 2004. My last year of undergrad.
My band scholarship check bounced, I had no job, no meal plan, no room on campus. All I had was my car and my credit card to get groceries. And I slept in it....quite a few times. Most nights, I crashed on my frat brother's couch in their suites' living room (which was the suite I actually lived in the school year before). I had a Foreman grill, so I at least had a Spam sandwich, some applesauce, and Kool-Aid for dinner, so there's that.
? was rough, but the only thing I cared about was graduation. Ultimate lesson of perseverance. -
I was always good with saving & budgeting money since I was 18 but sometimes being a good hearted person can become a detrimental trait. If you are not careful enough then it can turn to servitude. I was too busy trying to be too real but not it will hinder me. Around 2008, I used to try to help everyone but later that will lead to a demise. In 2009, I was laid off & it was hard to find work. My account soon got so depleted that I couldn't even swipe my card to buy gas. I remember going to the store to buy groceries & my card was declined smh. I used to go to the ATM & it'll read "insufficient funds". I couldn't call on those who I helped for anything because they were still broke. I finally luck up on a job around that time & my phone bill was due the same week before my 1st paycheck, I didn't even have $50 to pay for it. So I asked my sister & she paid for it. Once I stacked my first saved $1000 in the account, I was highly relieved. 2010 was the WOAT year.
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College, survived on Ramen noodles & Snapple it was aight.
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fortyacres wrote: »College, survived on Ramen noodles & Snapple it was aight.
Ramen, potatoes, syrup or ranch sandwiches...aint bad after u toast the bread in the oven
A few years ago I had $3 to last me about 4 days...got a pack of bread and spent the rest on bananas -
Sold my plasma for a month...and spend the whole time trying to figure out how to hydrate myself / change my protein content so I could sell more plasma in different towns.
Looked up what ELSE in my body I could sell and found out you only get $300 for your sperm while ? get $2000 plus for their eggs.
I was heated at the inequality of it all. ? The Matriarchy -
Man, it was terrible... I would do nothing but post on the IC.
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Man, terrible days. I couldnt pay rent, couldnt pay my cards. I woke up shaking uncontrobally one time. Never once lost my confidence though.
Life is so good now though. ? man. I need to write a book one day on how I turned ? around. -
real ? I'd get roasted out the building if ya'll knew some of the ? I did
? was real tho....from stealing electricity to going to motels for showers to eating maybe once a day
never slept on the street one night but i've been "homeless" a couple timess -
When u broke at ur lowest it puts everything in perspective.... ie who really cares about who are u real friends etc...
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When u broke at ur lowest it puts everything in perspective.... ie who really cares about who are u real friends etc...
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Last year in college. Had a job lined up for after graduation and everything, but I failed a class and had to retake the class just so I could get out and start working. I didn't have any money, but the money that was given to me for graduating, which was around $600. 500 was used to pay for that summer class. Probably had $60 that had to last me 5 weeks. I remember getting pizzas, and eating just a few slices trying to save some for lunch the next day and dinner. Didn't drive much, and when I did, all I could afford was to put $5 or 6$ in there. It was rough, but i at least had a place to stay. Would crash at my aunts or gf's spot
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Young_Chitlin wrote: »Summer of 2010, I went a week in an Arizona summer without utilities. It wasn't the whole week but it would cut out in and out. I went inside the ampm to pay for gas in coins as that was all we had. My dog died Pawblo Woofscobar, of parvo virus and I was only able to scrap together that electrolyte drink to keep him hydrated. When your best friend died in your hands; it was tough typing those last 8 or so words, when your best friend died in your hands and you cannot afford medical attention to save him, yeah that's tough compas. My turning point was going to a local car wash and paying with a credit card and checking my paycheck and bills simultaneously, only to find I did not have enough money for my bills. That was the last time I was ever late on a bill.
I'm on a plan right now to pay off debt. When I had a lot of debt, there were days I had nothing to eat and I had to go to work. I only have now like a shade over $12k of debt left to pay, with a baby on the way in a few weeks. There is nothing more motivating to me than paying off debt so A) I am not broke af anymore and B- I want to give the best possible life for both my lady and my son, who have been more supportive and have shown me more love than anyone else. So now all three of us will soon be living like no one else.
So with your fight against debt are you still thinking about law school? -
Picante Chicken noodles, water, bud ice and .4 mid blunts.
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went to Vegas wit 2girls and 200$ in my pocket..
100$ of it i spent on a room for 2nights..
got some gas after we got there so had bout 40bux left..
for about 2 days the hotel we was stayin at had 3$ breakfast.. steak eggs hashbrowns and toast.. orange juice was extra so we drank water..
for lunch id buy 10tacos from Jack for 5bux..
and a 5$ lil ceasars pizza we shared for dinner..
i dont think iv ever been lower than that..
a couple days later they came home wit 500$ and iv never been that low again..
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went from having over $8000 in my bank account just to ? off with at any given time to having negative $86 dollars and going the whole week wondering what imma eat til I get paid friday .......? almost broke me. This showed me that I am a survivor and if I lived through everything I been through the past year I can get through anything
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thegreatunknown wrote: »Young_Chitlin wrote: »Summer of 2010, I went a week in an Arizona summer without utilities. It wasn't the whole week but it would cut out in and out. I went inside the ampm to pay for gas in coins as that was all we had. My dog died Pawblo Woofscobar, of parvo virus and I was only able to scrap together that electrolyte drink to keep him hydrated. When your best friend died in your hands; it was tough typing those last 8 or so words, when your best friend died in your hands and you cannot afford medical attention to save him, yeah that's tough compas. My turning point was going to a local car wash and paying with a credit card and checking my paycheck and bills simultaneously, only to find I did not have enough money for my bills. That was the last time I was ever late on a bill.
I'm on a plan right now to pay off debt. When I had a lot of debt, there were days I had nothing to eat and I had to go to work. I only have now like a shade over $12k of debt left to pay, with a baby on the way in a few weeks. There is nothing more motivating to me than paying off debt so A) I am not broke af anymore and B- I want to give the best possible life for both my lady and my son, who have been more supportive and have shown me more love than anyone else. So now all three of us will soon be living like no one else.
So with your fight against debt are you still thinking about law school?
I don't have the chops for the profession -
bro you got the nose for it...thats half the battle
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Young_Chitlin wrote: »thegreatunknown wrote: »Young_Chitlin wrote: »Summer of 2010, I went a week in an Arizona summer without utilities. It wasn't the whole week but it would cut out in and out. I went inside the ampm to pay for gas in coins as that was all we had. My dog died Pawblo Woofscobar, of parvo virus and I was only able to scrap together that electrolyte drink to keep him hydrated. When your best friend died in your hands; it was tough typing those last 8 or so words, when your best friend died in your hands and you cannot afford medical attention to save him, yeah that's tough compas. My turning point was going to a local car wash and paying with a credit card and checking my paycheck and bills simultaneously, only to find I did not have enough money for my bills. That was the last time I was ever late on a bill.
I'm on a plan right now to pay off debt. When I had a lot of debt, there were days I had nothing to eat and I had to go to work. I only have now like a shade over $12k of debt left to pay, with a baby on the way in a few weeks. There is nothing more motivating to me than paying off debt so A) I am not broke af anymore and B- I want to give the best possible life for both my lady and my son, who have been more supportive and have shown me more love than anyone else. So now all three of us will soon be living like no one else.
So with your fight against debt are you still thinking about law school?
I don't have the chops for the profession
I feel you, it ain't for everybody. Hell half my classmates asked "why am I even here" by second the semester of 1L year -
1994. Me and my boy from my "summer of sin" post were both dead broke. We were a month or two late on rent, walked off of a ? ass job on our first day at lunch, broke as ? with pretty much nothing in the fridge. His woman had rented some movie a few days earlier and we went to the video store to return it. While standing in line to drop it off, the cat in front of us dropped a $20 from his money clip and didn't notice it. ? landed kinda close to me so we put the plan into action: I made a move and covered the bill with my foot, my boy coughed or something and dropped his car keys next to my foot. As he reached for his keys I moved my foot and he picked up the bill and his keys. Dude still didn't notice and left after returning his tapes. After we dropped the movies off we high tailed it straight to Kroger's and copped like 10 boxes of Kraft Mac and Cheese, milk, margarine, koolaid, sugar, bread, and as many packs of hotdogs and bologna as we could get.
? ate well that night and for several days after that. Thankfully that Friday I went to crash at my grandmother's crib. I played the lotto that night and the next day found out that I won $150, all of which went on groceries and gas for my boy's car (cause I was footin' it at the time). the next week he hit a lick and we came up on more grocery money. A week or so later I started working for Best Buy and he started working in a warehouse.
