How to get ahead when living paycheck to paycheck

"Ten bucks.
More often than not, that’s all that Jackie Kane, a health-insurance troubleshooter from Kirkland, has to live on for about a week each month.
After her first-of-the-month rent and bills are paid — and before cashing her second twice-monthly paycheck — Kane, 27, is like many other single, working college grads her age.
“I buy generic groceries, split the rent on a small house with my roommate and cheer when I find quarters in the bottom of my purse,” she says."
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