<prompt> Human: Hey, sorry for the weird question. This isnt about investing and managing stock and whatnot.Its high-time I move out of my parents house. I either move out on my own or they kick me out in a few months. Im 19 years old with a highschool education currently employed part time at a minimum wage job, with no benefits401khealth insurance.I take home about 700 a month. Its terrible but as far as I can tell, all I can do with my level of education. Im applying to jobs as often as I can. I wasnt ready for college and threw out about 15,000 a year in scholarships that I would have kept if I didnt fail miserably. I know this is my fault and I fucked up huge.Im trying to figure out how I can budget this between a studio or shared apartment, bills, food, and hopefully a tiny amount left over for entertainment, and it just doesnt seem like Id be able to make it. But other people seem to be able to pull it together every month, as there are millions of minimum-wage workers across America.I guess this question is...how can I do it? Rather, how do others do it? I know nothing about government assistance as my family is fairly well off and it has never been something I need to know about. What should I start looking into, in terms of subsidized housingoutside assistancebudgetingemergency fundsetting up a future financially?Im sorry for the exceptionally vague question, but any advice anyone can give me would be extremely welcome.  <response>: my family is fairly well offKnowing very little about your personal situation aside from this, I would wonder if there is ANY possibility you might be able to go back to school and if they would help? You are still extremely young. I have seen a lot of people your age make decisions they regret, figure it out after a few years and do much better. Just by reading this part of your post I would guess your parents would like to see you do more. If this is all you aspire to do, you will have a lifetime of barely scraping by. Some people can do this and be fine, but when one large unexpected bill can push you over the edge it takes a lot of the joy out of living this way. I am not advocating living a life you dont enjoy, and I am not saying everyone should go to college. But ultimately you are beginning to see how hard it can be to get by on a minimum wage job, and how as a young person the attitude of money isnt everything and a general distaste for your parents life choices can have some real consequences. A focus on money may have at least a few merits. I am making some generalizations here and they may not apply to you at all. I am basing them on the limited info provided in your post, as well as my own life experience. It seems to me you are asking the wrong questions. Rather than asking how to live on a minimum wage part time job, perhaps you should be thinking more along the lines of, How can I earn more money hourly, in a job I can enjoy, and an education pathway I can tolerate? 