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It’s 3 AM, just another usual night of sleeplessness. Millions of thoughts are crossing my mind. I’m so thankful that this site exists. At times, all I really need is to release my stress in some ways. I’m a teenager, who’s going to be an adult soon. I was born in England and our family later immigrated to America when I was 10 years old. Growing up was pretty easy and fast. I was blessed with all the luxuries I needed to live a healthy and happy life. Past few years have been tragic for all of us. My family had to go through a lot of financial crisis. I have my parents and younger siblings. I decided to start working part time beside school to support my family and myself. As a 16 years old minor, I didn’t have a lot of job opportunities. I applied at multiple fast food places, babysitter jobs, store cashier jobs but none of them really wanted to hire me after reading my resume. I didn’t have any work experience in any of those available fields for minors as I’ve never worked anywhere before. I was having a hard time with focusing in school, attending school on time and my grades were getting worse. I was losing credits for late attendance issues which I had to make up with paid summer classes. I wouldn’t be able to eat, sleep or do anything peacefully. My friends stayed away from me because they didn’t want to hangout with someone dumb and unintelligent like me and that’s okay. Once someone from my class offered me for a job of helping people move houses and I immediately agreed because I was desperate for a job. $10 everyday may seem too less but it was still a lot for me. I would do it everyday after school and almost all day long on then weekends. Every week, I’d have about 100 dollars which honestly was a blessing. Everytime I got paid, I would be excited to get home and hand the money to my parents. Although, my mom would mostly save up for me and my own expenses. Our family’s income was too low for my parents to afford my personal expenses. Couple months before turning 17, I got my driver’s license and that was honestly life changing for me, like a huge upgrade! I took a small loan, added some of my saved money and bought myself a car that I found for a great deal! When I turned 17, I started delivering food and groceries with my car. I started focusing more in school because I have better plans for future. I started making about $200 (sometimes more or less) and till this day, I am. It’s not much money but it works. I’m about to be 18 in few months so hopefully, I’ll find better paying jobs. I can’t wait to finish my high school and start my career path. I do regular blood and food donations from whatever I earn because honestly, no soul deserves to struggle over their basic needs. I always look for ways to earn extra money or save money while buying something. I try to find the cheapest things because I can’t afford anything expensive for sure. Sometimes when something cute catches my eyes, I look at the price and realize I don’t have that much money on my bank plus most importantly, I got debts and bills to pay off. But still, I’m honestly so blessed to have an upgrade from No job to a delivery driver. There are so many people out there who don’t have food, shelter and I shouldn’t be an ungrateful brat. It just hurts me a little inside how, there are millionaires and billionaires teenagers who can buy anything they want like branded makeup, clothes and other luxurious stuff while I can’t go over 5 dollars while buying something. But Hey, I believe I’ll get there one day. My struggles have made me more than just a teen. Ive never given up or lost hope. Always knew there’s a way to everything and always tried my best to figure those ways out. If you’re a working teen like me, take the advice from a sis : Instead of wasting your money unnecessarily, try to save up as much as you can because this will help you in the times of need. You can even buy yourself a fancy car or anything you like when your savings stack up into a large pile over time. You just need to be patient and happy :) I hope everyone’s having a great day/night. Thank you so much for listening ❤️
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