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Money money money

Money is so scary. I need health insurance. I need a good new laptop. I would like to buy a few Christmas presents. But I'm entirely beholden to the number in my bank account ... which isn't very big.  I hate living in a world where I am so reliant on money and barely have enough to scrape by. I feel really good about next year and looking for a better job. But until then ... here I am. Buying a budget laptop that's awful and worse than my old one simply because I need a laptop that runs Adobe XD by the first week of January, and subsequently, I only have $240 in my bank account until January. At which point I'll have like $2000 hitting my account.  I know I need to talk to Nana about my college money. It's going to disappear once the recession hits anyway, so I may as well cash out while I can. I'm stressed about the $400 in excess tuition costs that my loans won't cover. And just generally terrified by the thought of paying for additional classes without l