<prompt> Human: At this point Id rather be broke and sleeping in my car than living at home. Right now Im planning on taking a gap year between HS and college to get situated. I have a basic plan set up. I have a part time job that I work Tuesdays and Thursdays after school and weekends. They dont schedule me every day though so I end up having around 15 hours a week. I have around a month between the end of school and my 18th birthday so I was thinking of changing my availability on Tuesdays and Thursdays to all day hopefully get a full time shift in the week and taking another part time job on mwf. Delivery driver pays well but Ive been reading that its not the safest option. Im estimating I could be doing 18 hours at my current job and around 15 at my new one, with taxes that would be just over a grand per month. Im currently looking at apartment prices. Im close to a polish community and polish people usually rent out to other poles at lower prices by only advertising in polish magazines and websites. I found a studio apartment for 650 a month with utilities and internet and one or two potential roommates that I could share it with that are in a similar situation as me. That would bring my rent and utilities cost to 220-325 a month Im using 325 for my calculations.I have a car thats still being paid off and from the advice ive read so far, people have been saying that this is a poor financial choice. I have 3 grand to pay off with monthly payments of 135 but the car is only worth about 2500 if I decide to sell it. I spend about 80 a month for gas and hopefully my parents would allow me to stay on their insurance plan and pay 100 a month. The polish community Im looking at is just over 6 miles from my current job. I own a bike and during the summer that wouldnt be a terrible option but theres something about biking in the winter for an hour a day that Im not too keen on. Ive been getting by on around 50 a month for food and I estimate that around half of it comes from home. If I eat out less and find cheap recipes Im pretty sure I can survive on 100 for food. Id also be paying my parents 60 for my phone bill. That leaves just over 200 a month into savingsemergency or more expensive rent if I cant find anything that cheap by June. I have a month and a half of my current income saved in case my roommates bail or anything happens to get myself some time. It all works on paper but theres so many things about my plan that could go wrong. I thought Id ask you guys about some refinements and fine tuning as well as any additional tips I could use. I still have a couple months to plan.Edit: advice so far -full time job with optional part time night job-bigger apartment to share illegal to live in studio with 3 peopleAssistant: The best financial advice I can give you, as someone that moved out of her parents place at 18, if youre not being abused, and are not in danger; deal with your parents being a bit anal and cramping your style while you continue to live with them until you can get a decent paying jobgraduate college and make about three- four times the rent you of the place you want to live in.So this studio you mentioned for 600 a month, you will want to earn 1800- 2000 a month if you want to live there. That is 11.25-12.50 an hour at a full time 40 hoursweek job. Yes, you can make do if you only make twice your rent, but that is cutting it really thin and you have to make a budget and stick to it.Human: They told me that Id have to pay 100 a week if im still living with them at age 18. I would try and stay but it seems more logical from a financial standpoint to share a sub-800 apartment with at least one other person.  <response>: No, thats 400month for rent, utilities, butt wipe, laundry and emergency food. Youre not going to beat that. 