Prs to be making me less broke? Financial Follies

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I have had friends in your exact situation, and frequently bartending and waiting have been the best ways to go. The ideal situation would be to wait at a high turnover place that's fairly expensive. While the actual work itself isn't particularly enjoyable or stimulating, you'll likely meet people, and if you manage to get hired at a good place, you may even make some contacts and find opportunities this way. At minimum you'll have put some nice money in your pocket. I have a friend who guest bartends at a good bar here in NYC one Thursday every month. He told me $300 in cash is a bad night for him, and said he normally makes between $450 and $600.

Fast food/gas station is pretty dismal. I would use those as a last resort.

I'd bartend or wait, get a good night's sleep every night, and then use the daytime to try to figure out a longer term life plan, and then move on to that once you have built up a bit of a nut.