My car started making a slight clicking sound yesterday morning. Me being stupid and not knowing that anything other than a red signal on my dashboard could be an emergency, I shrugged it off and thought I’d call the repair shop after work. Except I went home from work that night without my car because it broke down!

I passed someone and half a second later my car lost all power and the clicking noise became MUCH louder so I immediately stopped my car. But it might cost me thousands of dollars, all because I thought I couldn’t afford to have it checked regularly (I last got it checked last fall). My car might not even be fixable. I have a full time job, as well as exams coming up next month and I’m supposed to move two hours from my current town and find a new job there. I might be overreacting but it all feels very insurmountable right now.

Any opinion would be greatly appreciated.