30 Days Video

Watching the video 30 days over living with minimum wage really changed how I look at money. People are out there in the world living on minimum wage and are able to get by. Probably barely getting by. Morgan and Alex only lived off of minimum wage for 30 days and they was tough enough for them. I can't imagine living on minimum wage for my whole life. I come from a family that does have money and we don't have to worry about living pay check to pay check. But 30 Days: Minimum wage has really changed how I will spend money even just as a high school student. Alex's job required her to walk 30 minutes because they could only afford one bus pass. Now I am one for if I am hungry I will just go out and buy something or go to the cupboard and grab a snack. But living on minimum wage you can't do that. Morgan and Alex lived off rice and beans for the longest time because they couldn't afford anything else. Arguments are always an issue between a couple living on minimum wage. Morgan and Alex got in a couple of them over money. Because he would spend money on the kids trying to make them feel welcome and that money wasn't a problem. Alex didn't see it that way and she didn't like how he would go out and spend the money like that. On top of that both of them had to go to the hospital. Alex had a urinary tract infection and Morgan had to go for his wrist because of work. Between the two of them their bill was over a thousand dollars! They didn't have that kind of money to pay for that. Morgan tried holding off going to the doctor as long as he could but it got to the point where it was super swollen and hurting constantly. In all, my perspective has changed about how I look at people who only work a minimum wage job.  They live paycheck to paycheck. Then some have kids along with that, and if you are a single income family, that would be even harder because you only have one paycheck coming in with more than one mouth to feed you would have to stretch that pay check to make due. People that live paycheck to paycheck have to be smart about how they spend money. Just watching this video the way I see money has changed greatly and how people with minimum wage make it through their lives.