<prompt> Human: I never thought itd get to this point. I just turned 20 this month, Im currently in a technical school training to be an auto mechanic. I live about a half hour away and drive an F-150 truck. I work 15 minutes away from my house in the other direction. Its a dealership, so I have a future in my sights. I just recently wrecked my truck, and its going to cost about 600 to fix it. I know, its a small amount of money, Im lucky enough that my dad has vehicles that I could borrow. Hes giving me the money to fix the truck and Im supposed to pay him back, which we both agreed on. I get paid biweekly and I can only really get 31-32 hours a week, making 10.50. So I come out with about 500 every two weeks. Gas prices eat me alive, and I just cant seem to come out with more than 50 to 100 a week, and most of that goes towards food or tools.. I want to get my dad paid off but also save up some money too so I can actually enjoy my life and fix my truck and things on my own. Please help.. any advice is greatly appreciated..Edit: more valuable information, I have 100 auto deducted every other week for an apartment that I used to live in. It was a housing service through the school, and I dropped it because it was not working out for me. That should be done sometime in October. Assistant: You want to get your dad paid off, but also want so save money so you can enjoy life. You have to choose which is a priority. Pay off dad ASAP. Get really good at budget and knowing there the extra goes. Once hes paid off, follow the same strategy to save up an emergency fund of 1,000 to start which will cover you the next time this happens. Human: But how do I start saving the money? Obviously I can put a certain amount towards my dad to pay him off, but at this point its going to take me forever to do so Assistant: If you share your budget here, Im sure we can help critique Human: My budget consists of this roughly 500 every two weeks give or take. -100 towards gasper week given gas is a at a decent price. -100 for the housing payment until late October. That is about 300 gone. -50 a week give or take towards food expenses during school, work, etc. That leaves me with maybe 100 granted I dont have something like what happened with the truck come up unexpectedly  <response>: Almost half of your money is going to gas. You have got to seriously consider selling the truck and getting a cheap car that is easier on gas. 