First I want to say that I can completely understand your frustration with your situation. If I am reading correctly you are currently an intern which is causing the majority of your problems. However, I’m also assuming, that the intern part will not last forever and you will then be in a position to have more income. If this is the case then you are in a good position to end up much better off than all these friends you speak of. And you are doing a very responsible thing by temporarily living with your mother to avoid incurring even more debt. One of the only pieces of advice I can really give is to remember that all of this struggle is to better your life and yourself and will be temporary.

The second bit of advice I’ll give is a little harder. You need to stop comparing your life with the lives of others. It only makes you upset and maybe eventually bitter to look around and say “I’m a better person than that so I SHOULD be in a better place”. Unfortunately in life it often works out that cheating, lying, manipulative people get very far and become very rich. I’ve always looked at it as…I may be in a worse financial situation or I may not have the relationship and kids yet but at least I can lay my head down at night and sleep knowing I’m not that kind of person.

I hope this helps you a little. These are just my personal beliefs and thoughts.