How can I change my life? I am 23 years old and living with my mom and have a GED...?

The only option of a job is laborer job but thats the only job that pays enough for my needs but i'll have no time to take classes.... Im Looking for a decent paying job to pay for classes but its hard to pay for the classes and food/phone/gas.... and ideas? I'm in such a mess its sometimes unbearableHow can I change my life? I am 23 years old and living with my mom and have a GED...?
You may need to work one term, school the next, so you can afford to live on your own. It sounds like it's way overdue.



Sometimes school needs to be seen more flexibly or taken on line, so you can achieve all your goals without losing your mind in the process.



Good luck and try not to put too much pressure on yourself.How can I change my life? I am 23 years old and living with my mom and have a GED...?
get maried
Do what I'm doin become a truck driver I'm going tomorrow to apply.
The military helps you have a job and be able to afford classes at the same time. Plus they provide food, shelter and clothing. Check out the Armed Forces Recruiters in your area.
No more gas money for Cars. That is a waste of time and money. Why don't you ride a bicycle instead to get around. Go to school and take your classes. Labor ready is available probably during the hours you off of school. Take your time don't be in such a rush. Why do you need a car? That's silly to have one right now!
I am pretty sure, but don't hold me to it, that if you are 23 and have zero to low income, you basically get a lot of financial aid, enough to cover a lot of universities. SO you could just go to community college and get credits there, and community college is cheap to begin with, so you might just get everything for free, sometimes even the text books.



Actually I found the info



http://www.finaid.org/calculators/dependency.phtml



You have to have been born before January 1, 1986, which is true with you.



The only problem is that this is for next year. So I say you work now, make all the money you can, and then go to college for cheap, or even free next fall.
Hi Bo,

Your not a mess trust me. There is always someone suffering more than you. Your so young, all you need to do is chill and get into college. They have loans and grants for students. Just get out of your head and complete 4 years of college and you will be sooo proud of yourself. You can always chill in a foreign country where its cheap and can do online college as well. Take some meds if you need some stress relief


I think you might have to figure out your priorities and what is the most important thing for you to do first. Then you should probably figure out what you would like to do for a career. Make a plan for your life, for example:

#1 is to get a degree

#2 get a good job

#3 move out of Mom's house

Maybe think of getting a fitness instructor certificate and becoming a personal trainer. Or being a bartender or a waiter.



Money is an issue for many people and I think if you have a job and making at least some money, you can cut your expenses (get cheaper cell plan, etc) and put the money saved to other places (towards your school for example).
A factoid - most people change jobs every 5 - 6 years in the modern economy. As such, you don't have to decide where you'd like to be 20 years from now, just 5 years. You only get there one step at a time, and 5 years is a lot fewer steps to plan.



1. Pick your potential targets: reasonable for someone of your age and current training.

2. Read/research about what it takes to reach those targets regarding education, experience, and determine the proximity of possible opportunities.

3. If formal education is required, is it available on-line? It is available locally at night or when you are not working? Is it available in concentrated sessions on the weekends?

4. It will help to have mentors who have headed along the paths that you're considering. Some advice may be on-line such as this. Some advice may be available from local employment agencies. Some high quality advice will be available in organizations full of more successful men (e.g., consider joining a church in which the congregation is generally successful, and join a men's development group). You may be able to meet some people that are doing what you are interested in and get to spend a bit of time with them.

5. General education: go to the library and bookstore to pick up books that will help you continue to independently build your vocabulary, writing skills and math skills separately from job-specific training inferred above. People will continue to assess you as a potential member of their team during casual conversation, when reading comment sections of applications and relative to your mathematics skills. Your general skills can never be too polished.

6. Piece together an introductory plan and act upon it, revising it as you go.

7. Do not overlook the merits of your mother. If she is of respectable mannerisms, even if not well educated or connected, she will be a walking/talking business card for you if she is impressed with your efforts. She may cause opportunities and contacts to come about even inadvertently if you are making a worthy effort.

8. Wake up every day giving yourself an encouraging statement, and congratulate yourself every night for your vigilant efforts to move forward , even if for only nominal progress. You are making an effort.