What a day to be a broke girl. I just need a job with benefits. I am killing my eyes with these ill-fitted contacts and I am pretty sure I now have lots of cavities. I am a teeth person so the cavity thing bothers me more than most. I have decided to book an appointment at a local college to get my teeth cleaning and fillings done for cheap. A broke girls gotta do what a broke girls gotta do. Any dime I spend is an investment because it needs to be in my situation. Thank God I am lucky enough to live at home and contribute whenever I can. I feel for those broke like me who don't have that sort of backing..I mean technically its embarrassing both ways. More importantly the lesson for broke girls and guys like me is not let your pride be your demise. If your this broke then maybe you should go for some government assistance or something not to the point where your stuck on it forever but to the point where you can have the time to regain some sense of independence again. Now that I am in this situation I see more clearly why people go on welfare and I am not as opposed to it as I was before. I was the type to think i'd rather sit on a sidewalk and beg for money before excepting welfare. But hey, your probably paying towards it anyways so why not seek out help from it if you really need it. The whole world doesn't have to know and obviously it shouldn't be your long term goal, I believe in this fully, -  like really dont boast about your government checks that is just tacky as hell. Don't be dumb and say I dont want a better paying job because my welfare checks will go down but don't be dumb enough to get in more credit card debt to cover your ass when all you need is some temporary assistance. Yesterday, I was caught babysitting my little cousin who stayed home because she was supposedly sick even though I saw no evidence of it (can't say its something I never did when I was younger). She had me thinking though, it must be hard as hell to be a broke girl parent. The fact is while our common denominator might be that we are broke we have such varying situations that can make our situations feel worse or easier in different ways. My cousin bless her little heart was sucking the life out of me yesterday! She is probably one of the easiest kids to babysit as well which made me think, shit this gets worse???!!. I had my financial stuff to take care of and phone calls to make all of which I had to be cancelled yesterday. She constantly asked for things and wanted to talk. Even when I made her do activities they seemed to not last long enough and there I was helping her with them. She was always hungry and needed help. The fact is she is 5 years old and she wasn't asking for anything or acting crazy, she was actually acting her age. So my advice to parents would have to be if you don't have that support of a spouse or family members MAKE FRIENDS! You need someone, stop thinking you can do it all on your own because you are probably doing a crappy job all on your own. No-one likes to say what I just said, we tell people oh she is an independent female, she does it well all on her own. Well I am here to tell you that's BULLSHIT! When you are dealing with your life and the life of others plus the broke life, you tend to get burnt out and probably half ass or even quarter ass everything. So, SEEK OUT HELP maybe its a social worker, maybe its a nice family in your neighbourhood/building, maybe its a daycare service or even a church group whatever, point: you need help. Now don't get me wrong don't become too dependent on other people or things because at the end of the day you are the parent and you need to own that role. However, your only human and you will need help. So don't be too proud, too lazy or too busy to do what needs to be done in all areas for you and the people in your lives especially since you are dealing with the broke life.

Good Luck Folks,

TIP of the DAY: You are only human so dont be ashamed to seek out the help you need and do the things you need to do..