<prompt> Human: So Im from a small town in Alabama, called Dadeville. The population maybe reaches 2k people? Theres no jobs here, and the minimum wage only being 7.25 an hour, which takes forever to save enough to even rent an apartment! I live with my mom, I quit my job working at an asphalt plant, for several justified reasons, and now my mother is furious. Shes been telling me I need to get out for the longest, and now that I quit, shes forcing me to leave by next week. I have no car, no job, with only two-thousand dollars in my savings, maybe 200 in my checking. I dont know what to do. Do I buy a plane ticket, pick a spot on the globe and hope for the best? Do I find a close apartment and end up never finding a job that pays enough? Do I try to pester my friends to stay with them until I can find one? Im just stuck, and its stressing me out. Im seriously lost, and scared, can someone help me?EDIT: Not to forget to mention, I have braces, and even if I move, how the heck would I even get them off? I dont even have my HS diploma yet, I get it on the 15th, I graduated early, so I have to wait until they deliver it.Assistant: I am going to pick on you a bit, because it is not typically a good idea to quit a job with no back-up in place unless you are in a life threateningsafety issue situation. As crappy as many jobs are, you should have an escape plan before you pull the trigger on quitting in most cases. The real question is what are your chances of finding a job where you currently live? Have you checked out the local newspaper, craiglist, church bulletin boards, etc. Every person you know, from your best friend to the checkout guy at the gas station should know you are looking for a job. You should be offering your services as odd-job person, mowing lawns, shoveling snow, weeding, fixing computers, cleaning, whatever to get as much extra cash as you can. If you cant reasonably find a job in your current town, then your best bet is to move where there are either jobs within walkingbiking distance of where you live or public transit. If youre in a small town, it should be possible to bike most places.If you do choose to move out of town, your best bet is to try to find rent as cheaply as possible, either by renting a room or crashing on someones couch for a few weeks. But either way, its not a good idea to move unless you have a job lined up.Human: Thank you greatly for the advice. You see, the I really didnt want to quit my job, but my boss had spent over 2k on me to take classes for asphalt, and I failed them, and he was extremely furious and threatened to fire me, or either go take the test again for another 2k, and I was so scared I would have failed it again, so I told him Id quit instead, so that way he wouldnt have to fire me.I have been looking around, I found a job I just now put an application in at Cracker Barrel at night shift maintenance, that way I could pay my mother for the gas to borrow her car at night, when she doesnt use it. So Im hoping that works out, it pays about 8, and with the 2k I have now, if Its steady enough, I could maybe even rent an apartment, theres a few cheap ones here looking at about 200 a month, just enough to possibly get by. I also play music, so Im going to try to find some gigs to play at, maybe make a few couple of tips.  <response>: I might go back and talk to your old boss. Sure he was mad because he lost 2k, but hes losing even more if you quit. Plus he has to start all over again and pay 2k for someone else to take the class and test again with no prior knowledge like you already have. And if you are saying there isnt any good paying jobs but this one must have paid decent enough, if he sent you to get a certification of some sort. Also for that kind of money unless its state law you have to pass that test to work with asphalt to go take a test, he must believe you can pass it otherwise he wouldnt have wasted his time and yours sending you to do it. 