I'm no expert but I'll throw in my .02...
The key is employment. Does your degree from college make you desireable to other employers in other cities who you could send your resume to?
Even if your flipping burgers in a dead end job, maybe that deadend job has other locations in other cities and you could transfer over?
If your broke due to debt, the key is to pay off the lowest debt first. Then once thats paid off take that money you used to use to make the minimum payment on that debt and apply it to your next smallest debt. It may take a while, but it will work out so that you are in a better place. You have to be *very* frugal. Only the bare necessities.
I'd be hesitant about the sleeping in the car thing. You'd then have no address and would essentially be homeless. Its difficult to get a job if you dont have an address. Its better to do whatever you have to save up, sell stuff, pay off debt and then make your move with money you have saved.
On the flip side of that if you could sell or trade your car for a pickup truck or van you could just throw your mattress in the back and rough it for a few months, saving the money you would have spent on rent and putting that cash aside to make a move to a bigger city.
Just had another thought about the truck idea...
With a pickup truck or van you could do odd jobs to make extra money on the weekends or after work... it depends how much you want it, and how motivated you are. could do odd jobs to make extra money on the weekends or after work... it depends how much you want it, and how motivated you are.
You could also get a second job in the evenings & weekends.
Another thing you could try is to look for a job in the closest big or bigger city to you and commute. Bigger cities have more opportunities. Once you have a decent job then move.
The key is employment. Does your degree from college make you desireable to other employers in other cities who you could send your resume to?
Even if your flipping burgers in a dead end job, maybe that deadend job has other locations in other cities and you could transfer over?
If your broke due to debt, the key is to pay off the lowest debt first. Then once thats paid off take that money you used to use to make the minimum payment on that debt and apply it to your next smallest debt. It may take a while, but it will work out so that you are in a better place. You have to be *very* frugal. Only the bare necessities.
I'd be hesitant about the sleeping in the car thing. You'd then have no address and would essentially be homeless. Its difficult to get a job if you dont have an address. Its better to do whatever you have to save up, sell stuff, pay off debt and then make your move with money you have saved.
On the flip side of that if you could sell or trade your car for a pickup truck or van you could just throw your mattress in the back and rough it for a few months, saving the money you would have spent on rent and putting that cash aside to make a move to a bigger city.
Just had another thought about the truck idea...
With a pickup truck or van you could do odd jobs to make extra money on the weekends or after work... it depends how much you want it, and how motivated you are. could do odd jobs to make extra money on the weekends or after work... it depends how much you want it, and how motivated you are.
You could also get a second job in the evenings & weekends.
Another thing you could try is to look for a job in the closest big or bigger city to you and commute. Bigger cities have more opportunities. Once you have a decent job then move.
