u/musty_ranch

Is making $30k a year enough (when living in a car?)

I’m 18 and have been living in my car out of necessity while finishing these last few months of high school. I also got my EMT certification last week, and plan on working as an EMT.

In my area, the starting salary for EMT’s is a little over $30k, but the increase is quite well over time.

I know nothing about finances, but is this enough to live comfortably?

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u/musty_ranch — 3 days ago
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Is making $30k a year enough?

I’m 18 and have been living in my car as I finish up high school out of necessity. I recently got my EMT certification, and am planning to work as an EMT where the starting salary is around $30k a year.
I don’t know much about finances, but is this enough to live comfortably?

Thanks for any help!!

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u/musty_ranch — 3 days ago

I literally got my EMT certification less than a week ago, but I want to be and do more. My long-term goal is to be a firefighter-paramedic.

I’m not going to college after I graduate high school, because I either want to work as an EMT for a few years to gain more experience or go to paramedic school immediately. Like I am dedicated to this and this is what I want to do with my life.

My fear is that not having had worked as an EMT for a few years first would make me a bad paramedic. Do people do this, and is it true?

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u/musty_ranch — 17 days ago

Hi, I’ve just been having a lot of doubts lately. I’ve been manifesting something I keep believing is unrealistic, even though what I’ve learned about manifestation tells me I should be able to do it. Been going through a lot of back and forth.

Just need some type of validation, I guess. A personal success story or somebody else that proved this point would definitely be helpful to hear.

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u/musty_ranch — 23 days ago