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Ask yourself how badly do you want to stop being poor anon. My mother was an immigrant who earns about 16,000 a year avg in Miami. At one point, she only had $20 to her name, where she could A) buy food for us (her and I), B) wash our dirty clothes, or C) gas for her car. She picked C only because as she needed it to continue working. I brought us school food, and I washed my clothes by hand with soap and water instead of the washer and dryer combo. Very low point in our lives. Since then, 5 years ago I believe, I saved up my money, moved with my brother (who wasn't living with us at the time) in a construction company. We are earning about 5k a month each, and I saved up 30% for an emergency fund, and now aggressively saving up for my college, which is also covered with scholarships and grants (hispanic). Paid off my moms car, so if anything happens, they won't repo the car like they did her last car.

Gotta live within your means and aggressively hustle and take advantage of everything you can.