<prompt> Human: Hey guys. Im really hoping some of you can help me out here and offer some sage advice and money tips. So at the moment I have a full time job and I go to school part time for my masters degree. I live with my parents so the only bills I have to pay are for my credit cards, student loans and water. Therefore, I currently have about 11,000 saved up and I earn a little over 1,000 biweekly. However, come May of this year, I want to move out of my parents place and find myself a roommate and live on my own. My home life is extremely stressful for me and I feel that if I live with my parents any longer, I will grow to hate them. For my sanity, and for theirs, I need to move out and live on my own. However, I work in midtown Manhattan and I go to school in lower Manhattan, so I need to find a place nearby like the Jersey CityHoboken area but as some of you may know, these places are ridiculously overpriced. Grad school also is requiring me to take part in research or internships and I do not think that any job is going to allow me to leave early and come in late on some days. Therefore, I need to find a part time job so that I can participate in research and I can do schoolwork without feeling overworked. But how can I survive on a part time job, while going to grad school and paying for rent?! I am planning on getting a roommate or two but I doubt I will be able to find any place around here that will be less than 700-800. Please tell me what I should do to live comfortably and survive!? Thank you in advance.  <response>: Sometimes you dont get to live comfortably. One if those times is when you live in NYC, your parents annoy you, and you dont have full time work. Then you live uncomfortably for a time, its called making sacrifices for what you value. If you value comfort most of all, stay at your parents. 