My big hang up about getting a minimum wage job is that it simply doesn't pay enough.  I tend to think my spare time is more valuable than that.

But as I sit here contemplating what it would mean to put myself on a strict budget for personal spending, I'm realizing that even supplementing my personal budget with $50 or $60 a week would increase the creature comforts in my life by a pretty fair margin.

The biggest burden on my current objective is rent.  In my old apartment, I paid a mere $700 a month for rent.  My rent in my new apartment is a whopping $1,500.

So, if I wanted to pursue the same rate of debt reduction that I saw in January, I would need to not only subsist on whatever little bit of money I can make with online advertising, odd jobs, a second job, or whatever... but ALSO make an additional $800 a month to compensate.

I think it's reasonably safe to say THAT objective is well beyond the realm of possibility for me.  At least for now.  There may be options I haven't uncovered yet.

So, anyway, the second job has more appeal the more I think about the simple fact that every little bit helps.  The only real question is whether or not I can make more money with a regular job or with odd jobs.

I guess the only way to figure that out is to go into Banana Republic and ask!

Posted by: Flibbertigibbet at 08:30 PM | Comments (10) | Add Comment
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