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Respond to this thread if you earn less than $60,000 a year and are surviving... I am doing a little experiment here to prove a point.
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[quote:Hmm 75495550:MV8zNjQ2MTIyXzY1MTM5NTM3XzE5M0VFRDlE] I am on welfare in the UK. I am not proud of this, I was stuck in a rut for my entire 20's and had no motivation to do anything to better my life because I had no reason to do so. Working a basic job would have paid less than doing nothing, I got very very depressed and fat. I was lazy at first but it slowly crushed me. Anyway, since 'austerity' and things like the bedroom tax and generally lower amounts of easy benefits I have turned my life around. I am about to join the Navy to serve my country, I have learned to drive, lost 100lbs, and come off all the depression medication I was on for nearly 5 years. That has taken me 3 years to repair the damage. OK, how is this relevant you may ask? Well, since I started on this journey 4 years ago to where I am now things changed from survival to thriving. I went from 'not having enough money to eat' and living benefit cheque to benefit cheque before. To where I am now, now admittedly I had to apply for several 'new' austerity disability benefits. Whereas before I was handed them like candy. But in doing so it taught me even on a small level that I had to work for what I received. I am in fact on slightly more money now than I was before Austerity, the difference being that it was harder, much harder, to get the money. I had to have months of meeting and applications with the help of a benefits advisor followed by a health assessment by a DR, lawyer and social worker in a 2-hour long interview. Again how is this relevant? It taught me the value of hard work in a way sure but still not really relevant. This is just a bit of backstory. Now what I find interesting is that currently I 'earn' (and I am very much looking forward to starting basic soon so I no longer have to rely on this) £920 a month, my rent is £450, Gas £50, £electricity £30, C-Tax £22, Water £14, Internet £30. Leaving me £320-330 ish a month for food and things. With that £330 I have built myself a home gym, moving my bedroom into the living room to replace my TV area which I do not own (the tv) and I have spent the past 9 months learning to drive at £25 a lesson (I passed). I buy a basic homecooked diet, occasionally I buy myself new clothes and takeaways or meal out. I have saved £1500 for a car for when I start working. People bitch too much and live beyond their means. I also do not have kids I couldn't afford! Benefits just keep people down, governmental social help programmes should be replaced by charity. It was only when they tried taking it away that I woke up to how I was doing nothing to improve my own life. People are too entitled, fed a diet of fame and fortune with no concept of reality. They want all the luxury goods and have no concept of saving, and no idea of how to budget and live a fulfilling life without riches. I thought I would share. In short, I THRIVE on $14870.99 net a YEAR and even managed to save $2000. [/quote]
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If you earn less than $60,000 a year, respond to this thread, I just want to prove that most people are living on less than this amount per year to survive...
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