I was speeding into work this afternoon, running late and pushing my poor little car harder than I should have. I look up and my heart sinks. Gas is almost 4 dollars a gallon!!!! I can't even believe this! It is so crazy and messed up and it makes me want to scream!
Then I look down.....I have less than a quarter of a tank....guess I'm going to have to go after I get off work and put all the money I just made right into my tank to get me to and from work for the next two or three days. How can anybody get by...let alone get ahead...like that?
I just feel like I keep striving and working and trying and struggling to get financial independence and the closer I get the more gets piled on me until I eventually break back down.
Depressing
I have been working at my current job for exactly one year. It was so exciting when I got it! I make 11 dollars an hour. Last year I was so happy! 11 dollars was amazing! I was making so much more money than any of my friends. I got my savings account balance up. Funny as it sounds I really thought of myself as living the high life.
Now? 11 dollars? It's nothing!
Not when gas is 4 dollars a gallon!
I work an hour and can't even buy 3 gallons of gas!
Insane!
Depressing
I keep fighting to get out.....and they keep pulling me back in....
debt, I mean.
I am 17 and scared to death on how I will make it through college. I mean sure I have the grades to get scholarships to cover the actually education part, but I would like to be able to come home and visit, get out and have fun, and go shopping every once and awhile but shoot I mean I dont wanna have to work full time my first year in college!! and med school, I mean i would love to go but can i hang on that long for a real pay-check?? we will see!!
At the current rates, riding the bus is much more economically efficient than driving. If you use 2/3 of a gallon of gas a day commuting, you will save money by riding the bus to and from work. That's 2/3 of a GALLON, not a tank. You might spend a little more time on the bus, but I find that the ride gives me an excuse to read. I stock up at the library and I LOVE that 40 minute window of zero responsibility!
http://www.progressiveu.org/blog/ediblewoman
Unfortunately no...not an option for me. Rural Montana is to blame for that. Miles from home to work and no bus that does the highway! :(
Not much you can do, then. But change your air filter and your fuel filter, and make sure your tires are inflated to their maximum recommended capacity. That will help a little bit.
I'll be vacationing in rural Montana this summer!
Also, check out Green Underbelly's blog. He's another Montanan! Montanite? Montana person? What ARE you people called?
http://www.progressiveu.org/blog/ediblewoman
i live in a very small town, and my high school is even smaller. I dont work, I am only 17 and there is no bus system in place in my town. It is small enough I could walk everywhere that I go, and although it is a strain with gas prices now, I am simply worried about my distant yet near future.
I think we usually go with Montanan. Where in Montana are you heading for your vacation?