<prompt> Human: Hey not sure if this is the right sub for this but i figured id ask anyway. Ive been screaming and honking into the void lately. Im 27, cant live with my parents, and am paying too much for rent. I have a 2 bdrm apartment and my rent is about 1300. I live in NH and my old roommate is gone leaving me to pay for the place myself. I drive an hour to MA every day to do a fulltime job that i actually really like, and is what i went to school for video, i know, mistake 1 right?, but pays 15hr. But since its in MA, taxes make it more like 12hr. Thats somewhere around 1900 a month that i make, but my minimal costs exceed that including having to fill up my tank from empty every 2 days and its like im working hard doing what i love leaving no time left in the day and yet im not gaining, but losing 300 a month. Im basically living off my savings which is about 5k. Ill be entirely broke in about a year at this rate. This could all not be a problem if my employer would just let me work from home on my own video editing computer thats faster than here, but they wont. Also i cant use the footage ive edited on my reel so this feels like a pointless slow fall. But i cant just quit without another job and also i like what i do. Still im throwing in resumes to the void when i have enough energy to...even if i got an interview when do i have time for that I dont really have any friends to ask to move in, all of my coworkers live faraway and arent interested. The apartment i live in doesnt allow people who arent on the lease as subletters, so even if i go the path of living with strangers again, id have to keep them secret. And theyd probably use that to their advantage. Ive looked at moving but moving ANYWHERE costs more than the rent im paying with the fees they do. Plus i like this apartment, id really rather not move to a place i dont trust unless absolutely needed and a better deal... i cant find many apartments around here that arent shacks in the ghetto for less than 1100, and then im stuck on another lease there month to month here, lease finished. And even if i wanted to do that, the rent calculator that landlords use say the most i can afford is 700, which doesnt exist here. That calculator does not take into account that i skip meals and when i do eat its spaghetti that i can ration for 3 days for 4 bucks.Anyway, especially with holidays right around the corner and the people that surround me being happy and preparing to drink and wanting me to bring a drink to our impromptu xmas party... but no, cant afford that and i dont drink much anyway., and me just being alone talking to myself and slowly falling more into despair as noone cares-- oh and my internet cost went up by 20 bucks this morning--im wondering if there is anything you guys can tell me for advice. Thanks.I mean at this point maybe i should just live out of my car and get a gym membership for showers but its cold.  <response>: So, you want to make more money, but wont leave your current one because you like it. You want to pay less in rent, but wont leave your current apartment because you like it. What exactly are you expecting here? If you cant increase income or decrease expenses theres not a lot of room to change things. 