I do not have any advice for the issue you're worried about.
I do have some advice that is still good, though.
It is: save up some money.
Being broke sucks. I don't advise it. If any of your plans involve "Be broke for a while," I would advise against that plan.
That's all. I wish you good luck with the rest of it. It's just that the problem you're complaining about is an ambiguous one that I can't help with very well from here. But the one I mentioned is not ambiguous, so I mentioned it.