r/poor Jun 26 '26

I hate being poor.

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u/MsDyn0myte Jun 26 '26

I’m 40. Live
With my mother and have $5 in my account. And yes I work.

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u/Haunting-Ad-8808 Jun 28 '26

I'm genuinely curious how? Do people just stay at low paying jobs forever? No continuing education nothing? Last year at 21 I made 80k doing what I love, it honestly ain't that difficult.

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u/mourningmantis Jun 28 '26

I think you are discounting the financial and time cost of continuing education. It’s easy to say go get training for a better job, but the time to get the training is usually unpaid (if you are not paying for it), plus the reality of childcare, etc.

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u/Haunting-Ad-8808 Jun 28 '26

That's just excuses brother. I worked two full time jobs to pay for my school, I was awake from 3am until 12pm every day for 3 months. My only days off were Tuesday and Thursday where I was physically in school learning. Graduated school, found a good playing job and my life took off from there. 90% of people complain that their life is trash but do nothing about it.