Seriously struggling financially, any tips?
As above, really.
I’ve just been given my SFE award for next year, which is around £50 short of yearly rent; not including bills, food, or having an actual life, this is already kind of an issue.
I’m in Aberystwyth, been applying for jobs since I started here on a foundation scheme two years ago (heading into second year in Sept) and only had two interviews despite rewriting my CV four or five times as per advice from previous jobs I’ve had and the like. I’ve had to open and summarily max out two credit cards in order to finance having a social life, and can’t afford a gym membership alongside anymore. My parents, bless them forever, are willing to help out with bills, some food costs, and rent, but all the same it’s not fair on two retirees to have to fork out essentially a wage in order for me to enjoy my life?
I barely made it work this year (debt notwithstanding) and I fear that next year will be even worse considering rising rent cost, lower student finance, my apparent unemployability despite four years’ work prior to starting uni (I’m 23) and taking on two committee roles for different socs in the new year. I have no prospects or social life back home either, so a further year out would both put me in a socal vacuum and have my graduation pushed back to ‘29.
I’m thinking of calling SFE again on Monday to have them reassess and possibly update the number, or I’m going to have to seriously consider whether I can continue studying without becoming a hermit.
Does anybody know what, if anything, I could do to help myself? I figure I’ve tried most things now for two years and nothing’s actually worked. I’m not an introvert; a lack of social life would do me serious damage, and I can’t keep begging my parents to keep me going.