<prompt> Human: 23 year old student in Los Angeles, transferring to university in a year for my bachelors. Planning to become a teacher. I live at home with my parents, and make 150 a week before taxes from tutoring. No debt or loans. Have no idea where to start to become financially independent enough to move out in about 6 months.  <response>: Haha after 6 months stay with them another 6 years... or until you can make enough to budget rentmortgage payment, utility bills, spending cash, savings. Then move out. Find out what all of these would be and start paying yourself these back into your savings account. Once you can fully do that. Move out. Until then... stay there but work towards it. 