<prompt> Human: Hello PF, Ive been heavily considering moving out of my parents house but i cant seem to convince myself whether i will be able to do it without my parents help which will most likely be severed once i leave. Im currently a student with a 430month tuition payment, a 9hour job with around 30 hours a week. There is a townhouse im looking at sharing with a few buddies and that is 363month including utilities. My question overall is Is it plausible that i will be able to live on my own? and im not sure if i will be paying full for my car insurance and phone plan but for a conservative stance assume i will be paying for everything myself. How can i accomplish this?  <response>: First of all moving out is probably a horrible idea and I dont think you are thinking of all the expenses that follow moving out. Food Entertainment GasThis is without taxes which means its even less but just to make you understand 1080 monthly intake 430 and 360 is 793 Which means you would have to live on 287 dollars per month Say at the low end 50 bucks on gas monthy And 150 on food and entertainment If you think you can live on 90 bucks you are wrong stop rushing to leave the place that offer free everything and save more money. 