No Room At The Inn

Well it’s that time of the month again (I’m not talking about my aunt flow visiting either) and it seems this time I will be unable to escape what I’ve been avoiding for at least three years now. It’s been a heated topic of discussion between my parents and I in the past and quite probably in the future. What am I talking about you may be asking yourself? Or maybe you’re asking yourself why the hell am I still reading this? Regardless of what you’re asking yourself I’m talking about the ongoing issue of paying board.

Before I start my ranting I should make myself clear. A agree whole heartedly with my parents that I should be paying board, it’s just the simple matter of I don’t want to because there is much more useful things I can put my money towards. For example the $30 a week or whatever it may end up being could be put towards bills, savings, credit cards or my ever growing pile of medical expenses. As a matter of fact when I told my parents I was seriously pondering the idea of moving out they told me I should reconsider as it’s easier to save from home (granted that’s true) and even easier for me as I don’t have to worry about board.

Even though it’s only roughly $30 out of my pocket if I live at home compared to $55 a week plus groceries, added bills and food for myself if I choose to move out, and me being the stubborn person I am this just pushes me further out the door. I’d much rather spend the extra cash and get as far away from home as possibly in the end the pros (don’t have to deal with parents, living with people I actually enjoy spending time with, the experience even) will most likely outweigh the cons (less money, doing my own washing – which I’ve started doing now anyway, it’s a lot harder to save, actually have to worry about if there’s food in the cupboard) so it would be worth my while. I already provide most of my own food at home anyway and have been doing to for a while now since I decided my family eats too much unhealthy food.

The only thing stoping me from moving out right now is the debt I like to call my “unmanageable” debt repayments which simply is the debt I’m struggling to manage with paying off right now, if I were to move out it will be impossible. In the end I will make the decision based on my tax return as silly as that sounds. If I can get around $2000 back (sadly it’s unlikely, but if I’m meant to move out now, you know fate and all that kind of mumbo jumbo I will get the return I need) it will give me some breathing room and pay back a rather large chunk of my unmanageable debt.