As HuffPost College's Frugal Intern, I've pledged to live on $100 a week. That does not cover the entire costs of sublet rentals, utilities, cell phone bills, Wi-Fi, health care coverage, daily travel fees, food and debt repayment. Not even close. For young careerists and interns already in the city, rent and utilities (electricity, Wi-Fi, cable, water, heat, etc.) as well as other monthly expenses (cell phone bills, student loan repayments, health care insurance) are expenses that I consider to be "givens." They often cannot be altered easily from week to week and therefore I will address them only occasionally, if at all.
I'm blogging for students and young adults who are experiencing (often for the first time) the perks and the pains of living on their own in this city of eight million people. I want to focus upon the weekly costs that can fluctuate for this crowd of young'uns, which include food (both groceries and dining out), transportation, entertainment, gym fees and other discretionary spending categories. These are the categories that form the bread and butter of most students' and interns' daily expenditures and remain the most malleable aspects of a young person's overall budget in the city.
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