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Let's see. Once I had a job at 16 my parents supplied the basics a roof over my head and food on the table. Everything else I wanted or needed I had to pay for, car, car insurance, clothes, prom, movies, out with friends etc...
I was fully on my own when I was 23 and have been financially independent since then. I became 100% financially independent because there was no other option. I can't turn to my parents for money when they don't have any and are just making do themselves.
I've had my own money made from jobs since I was 10 (not counting the $1/wk allowance my parents paid me until I was 9)
That's when I started babysitting. I did that until I was 15, then I started waitressing. When I was 16, I picked up a second part-time job doing telephone debt collections (come to think of it, that might be the reason I'm so jaded and cynical towards humans in gereal. )
I used my own money to buy my own car at 16 and paid for my own gas, insurance and also helped my mother pay the bills (divorced and left with a house too much for her to afford)
I've been financially independent for quite some time.
At age 22 when I graduated from college, started my career, and moved out on my own I became financially independent. There have been some bumps in the road when I was living on change at the end of the month, but during those times I got second and third jobs to make ends meet. Best wishes!
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I've had my own money made from jobs since I was 10 (not counting the $1/wk allowance my parents paid me until I was 9)
That's when I started babysitting. I did that until I was 15, then I started waitressing. When I was 16, I picked up a second part-time job doing telephone debt collections (come to think of it, that might be the reason I'm so jaded and cynical towards humans in gereal. )
I used my own money to buy my own car at 16 and paid for my own gas, insurance and also helped my mother pay the bills (divorced and left with a house too much for her to afford)
I've been financially independent for quite some time.
That's me too! Folks said I never asked for a dime after I was 12 and bought my own clothes. I had 3 jobs @ age 15 (till 28), and left home at 16. At 18 I got full responsibility of a disabled parent, then... the other parent went broke (sheriff booted them out of house) so I had to make a basement apartment and move home to cover the rent. Helped with my siblings college and ortho expenses. I bought my first home at 20 ($16,000 ) I have had about 20 properties in the last 30 yrs.
Retired (laid off) at age 49, 6wks prior to retirement eligibility, so... on to a new chapter on how to maintain Financial Independence. Health care and cash flow are the big issues, and paying $33/ day in property taxes... (that stinks). Next step, get rid of primary residence and buy a commercial place with the equity that has a small apartment for me. The secret is to work hard, but have your money work FOR you. (that is actually more important as your assets grow, as 'wages', won't cover you for ever), except being a Walmart greeter till expiration.
I got my first job at age 10 by getting a paper route that was deleievreed on the evening weekdays and saturday. On sunday it was morning deleievry. A couple of years later I got a second job that required me to egt up at 5:00am and wrap goods at a small local bakery shop to be delivered by theown to stire in town during the week. I got off at 7:00 am to go hoe to prepare for school. Inever was reallty independent from my parents becaus ethey bought me a new bike once a year as long as I need one for work and they paid my clothyes etc. I saved much of the money I made and went to movies etc on it.I always had a parttime job even in college. I bought my first thing on credit which was a stereo system when I was 13 as they were expensive. It was at a local strore and I paid it off each a month my self riding that same bike. Looking back this independence was a great learnign lesson in life.I have always had work thru out my life and retired confortably at 52.
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) I have had about 20 properties in the last 30 yrs. 
). Next step, get rid of primary residence and buy a commercial place with the equity that has a small apartment for me. The secret is to work hard, but have your money work FOR you. (that is actually more important as your assets grow, as 'wages', won't cover you for ever), except being a Walmart greeter till expiration.
