I've been living with roommates and housemates for years, never my own place before except that one time my housemate was out for half a year. I LOVED IT.
Now, I found studio apartments for $600-$800 (not counting utilities I believe) and they have pools in their gated communities and stuff. I live in Sacramento, so it's one of the cheapest in California. My current rent is $600/month for a room in a house, so a $200 jump for my own place doesn't seem bad.
At the moment, I make $1500 a month from dancing (~$400-$500 a week for 16 hours a week) which is enough at the moment. I don't like being put in a situation where I *have* to dance to keep up my lifestyle, but I will dance more if I must. I also to school full time on top of this.
$600 I am paying now is like 40% of my income. $850 (max I am willing to pay including bills) would be like 57% of my income, so I am going to have to work more hours. But in dancing, there is no guarantee that I will make more by working more.
Is this stupid? I really would love my own place where I can have a peace of mind, not be accountable to anyone (I am very introvert and need total aloneness to recharge), have my own kitchen/bathroom and set up a pole I can practice on.





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