This is the first time I'll ever be looking for a place on my own and I have no idea how to go about this. I'm desperate to move out of my parents house due to them both being very controlling and having ridiculous rules about what I should and shouldn't be doing within their home. I'm working two jobs currently and trying to save as much as possible, but I'm not sure whether I can even afford to rent a studio apartment of my own because I'm still making not very much money. I'm considering renting a room somewhere but I don't even know where to look for roommates and I'm terrified of ending up in an even worse living situation with people I don't like. I've tried to seek advice from my family but none of them have anything helpful to say as they've never gone through this on their own like I'm having to. It also sucks because I currently don't have any credit established so securing a place is going to be much more difficult I think. I don't have any friends either that could help with finding a place or by rooming together so I'm just kinda lost.

If you have any advice or tips on what I should I do please let me know, I am very eager to get out of my parents place, I feel like I'm suffocating here.

Thanks <3

I need advice on whether or not I should fabricate references that an employer asked from me. I haven't worked in 3 years and I've quit all of my previous jobs in not so great ways ( I'm a dumbass ), which leaves me unable to give any real contact info. I've never faked references before but I'm desperate for work at the moment and this specific job could lead to an actual career for me. The business owner who I spoke said he prefers references from my past employers, I just have no idea on how I could fake this or if I even should? I've already lied on my resume about various things but for whatever reason I just feel super anxious about lying when it comes to my references

I'm finally trying to do something about not being involved in any sort of real world organizing, so I've been looking for local orgs to get involved with. The unfortunate thing is that the only socialist organization in my area is DSA, and from the looks of it this chapter seems to be not so radical. They work closely with a lot of local political groups that back the democratic party and have a pretty heavy focus on electoral politics. I know that theres quite a wide variety of socialist / communist tendencies within DSA but the chapter here is tame in comparison to the more ideologically revolutionary caucuses in the US.

What have your experiences been like with DSA if you've ever been a member or if you just worked alongside them? I want to give it a shot at least and get a feel for what its like to be involved but I'm concerned that theres going to be a lot of reformists and social democrat types. Though, maybe I'm being too judgmental before even getting started. I just wanted to gather other peoples' thoughts and opinions first before I really dedicated any time or money to the org.