No job and need a car. What do I do?
I’m 25 years old and just moved back in with my family after living abroad for 2 1/2 years. Unfortunately, I only have $1200 to my name. The money I earned abroad was not near enough when converted to USD. I’m desperately looking for a job, applying every day to minimum 10 with detailed cover letters, resumes, etc., but since I just moved back and have no car, I’m limited to remote ones. Those are extremely competitive.
I’m at a loss. I feel trapped. My family can barely eat and have no money to help. I’ve paid for everything myself and have lived on my own, paying for my college, getting my own apartment, moving abroad, paying for my family - all since I was 18. My family has never helped me. I’ve never had a car. Never had enough money to buy one.
As soon as I graduated university, I immediately moved abroad and loved having public transportation, freedom, and less stress about my home life. Living abroad was nice, but the money didn’t pay enough to cover my U.S. bills and student loan debts, so I had to come back.
My family said to come home and stay with them while I look for a job and attempt moving out in a year, but, again, I don’t have much money. I also was unaware of how bad their home situation was. I was raised by my grandparents all my life, but they are now living on social security and disability. I knew that. However, I didn’t know the state of their current bills and situation. I would send money every month, but now that I’m living here, I see it’s much worse.
They don’t make enough to even eat, and we will even be losing my childhood home and relocating to Georgetown in a month.
Before I came back, they never told me it was this bad. They encouraged me to come home and said it would be better for me. I’m worried for my family, but now I’m trapped in a situation I didn’t even know the extent of until I came home.
Does anyone know what I can do to get a very cheap car or get a job while having no transportation? I’m just really sad.