Dude.
I just got my first full (two weeks) paycheck today. While it’s more money than I’ve ever made in my working life, I was eager to plug in the numbers to my Moving Plan worksheet to see how much rent I can afford, when all the other factors like bills and utilities and other crap like that are taken into account. My findings:
I. am. so. screwed.
I can’t afford to live in any of the apartments around here that take large dogs. 
What am I going to do?! I figure these are my options…
A) Ask my parents to adopt my dogs? NO. Not gonna happen. They’re my kids! And would defeat the purpose of trying to make my life better, because if they weren’t with me, I would be miserable.
B) Look for a higher-paying job? Considering I’ve only been at my current job for less than one month, I’m thinking it might take a while to pursue this one. But it is something to work toward.
C) Find a roommate? I’m thinking this is the only viable solution, assuming I want to keep my doggies and NOT live in a dump/go broke/have to work two jobs/something else insane and impossible.
and then there’s always the old standby…
D) Live with my parents indefinitely? Nooooooo! *cries*
sigh. yeah, I’m screwed.
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Seriously, don’t panic, worrying doesn’t help anything!
Right now you should be focusing on saving up as much money as you can… like, do not touch it for anything money. You don’t need to move *right now* so you will be okay for the time being… you never know. Maybe in a few months, you will find an affordable living situation, a better job, something. Just keep your eyes open and focus on doing what you *can* do right now 
Like KC said, don’t worry it too much. You just started rebuilding your new life, so it’s gonna take some time. The big thing now is to save as much money as you can so when you do decide to move out, you’ll have some room in the spending department. I actually like your choice C. A friend of mine moved out after breaking up with her bf of 4 years and found some really cool people to live with. They’ve become really great friends and are planning on backpacking Europe together this summer. So who knows, just keep yourself open to the possibilities.
Yeah, unfortunately it’s going to take a long time to save money. In my haste, I wanted to be out of here by the end of this year…but I do not think that’s possible! oh well. At least I’ve started saving and have a plan, right?
on the other side of the coin, I’ve had some horrendous room mates. You need to be careful. As much as it sucks living back at home, at least it is something that is do-able for the time being.
Best of luck!!
Good points. And thanks!