Something doesn't add up. Assuming "working every hour you're awake" means something like 12 hours/day 6 days a week, that'd be a $90k/yr salary at your stated rate of $25/hr. A more realistic (but still severe) schedule of 10hrs/day 6 days a week would be $75k/yr-- even in an expensive city, far from the brink of homelessness.
Am I overestimating how much you're working? Or is the income being consumed by something?
Am I overestimating how much you're working? Or is the income being consumed by something?