Honestly I have always been pretty broke, journalists don't make money at least I didn't. So I always worked a second job which even when I worked full time I didn't make more then I do on disability. When I was working full time I brought in 800$ a month on disability I bring in about 500$ after my rent. So in total around 800 something not exactly sure how much as the Government deals with my rent.
However 500$ spending money isn't much after you take into consideration all the bills from internet to phone to cable to hydro etc....etc... Once all my bills are gone I am down to like 275$ and then after food I'm way lower. But then include the fact I was a movie/game critic you'll realize I love movies and games. So I see a movie once a week and usually buy one game a month.
So that uses up my entire cheque. But over the summer I went on a missions trip which I had to fund a lot of, I also went to PAX which cost a further 850$ or so. Now I am 1,700$ in the hole and I'm expected to launch a gaming website by January but need to hire a web designer because I lack the skills needed to develop it myself. Then I need to buy an I-Phone 5 because the developers demanded it which will increase my monthly cell plan and cost about 150-250$ for the phone. Lastly my computer keeps freezing and I found out Its the heat sync or something. The computer shop wants like 120$ to repair it, so I've decided its so old and its not worth fixing so I'm buying a laptop.
All the while I am desperatly searching for a job so I can survive off income assistance (Disability) but I haven't been able to find a job in over a year.
My advice to you, if you can avoid it. Don't get credit cards as they help drag you way deeper into debt, though on the flip side they mean you can keep buying that game each month and seeing movies and such!
-JC7
"In God We Trust - In Games We Play " - Joel Reimer
