Hi everyone,
(disclaimer : this post has no intention of self victimisation , I genuinely need some advices from you since it seems I can't find the solutions myself, I also don't want to offend anybody on here
ok so I've been really struggling with finances for a few months now because business has been quite slow for me and I'm trying to find some ways to decrease my life costs in general (also trying to improve the business itself by making a website + advertising on many different directories but this has already been discussed and is not the topic here).
I've already managed to decrease my costs by ordering less food online, barely using any uber/taxis anymore, selling some of my items and obviously completely stopping any "non essential" spending (shopping, restaurants, hobbies etc.) but despite this, my financial situation is still really really bad and my costs of living still crazy expensive, especially because of my accommodations (I rent 2 flats in Central London : one where I live and one where I work). At the moment, I literally get 0 disposable income and work brings me barely enough money to pay my bills, which really demotivates me and strongly impacts my mental health. I also have no savings (probably the biggest mistake I've made not to save thinking it would always be busy but mistake is done now, we can't change the past and need to move forwards. I also owe quite a lot of money to a few people, anyways to put it in a nutshell it's quite bad).
I've thought a lot about my situation and really wondering how other escorts manage to deal with their own finances on a daily basis because let's be honest, when you do this job, you don't want to feel that you're getting f***** by strangers for nothing and this is really how I feel at the moment. But I'm genuinely wondering, how all of you (especially the ones who have a separate workplace and home) can manage to have any disposable income when having 2 places. Maybe the solutions is obvious and I may be stupid
What's according to you the most cost-effective option when it comes to accommodations in general in order to have a stable and sustainable financial situation ? (looks like having 2 separate places is definitely not one of them or maybe mine are too expensive, are we allowed to talk about numbers on here ? If yes, what's your budget for an accommodation ?
(I used to work at the hotel but stopped because it has become way too expensive now (assuming you work 5/6 days a week) and renting another flat seemed to be the best option at the time but it seems that it's not much better to be honest since now I have to pay the bills for 2 flats so everything is multiplied by two).
Also, I've thought about living and working in the same place but I don't think I'm comfortable enough to do it for now as it's quite important for me to have my own "untouched" space + I'm very paranoid about everything, however I might consider working and living in the same place in the future.
Or maybe some of you might say that having high living costs when you have 2 accommodations is normal and that pretty much everybody is in the same bad situation when business is slow ? (especially when you don't have savings)
What do you think about all of this and what are the best advices you could give me for improving my life ?
Ps. Daily life advices in general such as grocery shopping, daily expensive and stuff are also very welcomed
Thank you very much for your help