<prompt> Human: In 2013, I graduated from the University of Missouri School of Journalism without any debt, 3 internships completed and a full-time job at an advertising agency in my home town. Six months go by and Im naive enough to let my 10hr pay affect my judgement enough to quit after an argument with one of the partners when he wouldnt act on an agreement to raise my pay after that same amount of time. Not knowing what else to do for an immediate position, I turned to a staffing agency for part or full-time opportunities while I continued searching on my own. Ironically, the recruiters liked me enough to invite me onboard as a recruiter myself, to the tone of 50k commission full benefitsmatched 401k. Now this here was probably the biggest mistake of my life as it led to a longer series of poor decisions out of vanity and pride. I moved out of my fathers house parents divorced and got an expensive apartment and traded in my older car for a newer one, slowly slipping into the pitfalls of a lifestyle I thought I could afford. Well about 9 months go by without really saving any money, when I came to realize I had chased a paycheck into this field of work and was no longer happy, and that I needed to go back to the advertising industry in which everyone around me told me that I showed immense potential. So my own staffing agency assured me that in doing so, they would do their best to place me into a fitting job as quickly as possible and that would be that. Fast forward 1.5 years to the present, Ive since downgraded apartments and Ive been living with the love of my life have been dating since my recruiting job, but have known each other since we were ten years old for 2 years, but have not been able to land anything more than a freelance project at a time despite a great looking portfolio because my resume shows signs of job-hopping. which is only made worse by only working freelance project to freelance project Before leaving my recruiting position, my credit was flawless and I had zero debt, but now after leaning on a credit card to make up the difference until maxing it out Im about to lose everything in my life and have no idea what to do. Ive got 8000 in credit card debt plus around another 1500 in medical debt after an emergency room visit without health insurance. Father dropped me from the family policy when I got my recruiting position and freelancing offers no benefits My apartment complex is about to open a suit against me for delinquent rent, and I havent been able to make payments on other bills in around 2 months but have been slipping and consistently late for the past 6 months. Needless to say my credit is destroyed at this point, and my girlfriend has been supporting her very sick father and paying off student debt herself and cannot help with anything much. The lease for my current apartment expires at the end of July and I seriously doubt they will allow me to re-sign in my current situation. I have cancelled every non-essential anything in my life and have gradually dissapeared from any semblance of a social life out of anxiety and embarrassment and have no idea how to break the news to what I planned on being my fiancé at this point in our relationship. I am in yet another freelance project that only allows 15 hoursweek, and no hope in sight. I have slowly ruined my life and potentially that of my significant others by being too stubborn to wait tables or bag groceries until now. The walls are closing in, and my life basically collapses in on itself when my lease is up in a month. My 26th birthday is this weekend, and Im honestly getting to the point where I hope its my last. What can I even do, Reddit?  <response>: Dude...youre only 26...youre making your way, and this is what being in your 20s is about...On the bright side, people have debt waaay worse than you...you have experience, a good degree, and are with the love of your life...chase down any potential job, send your resume in wherever you can think of...things will work out. 