"Cost of living"

In the essay "Cost of Living " by Emily Maloney the author talks about two things one being suicide and another being the cost of paying off debt. At first when going into the essay I thought it would talk about the struggle it is to pay for rent and food when being payed very little money. The essay was completely different and talked about two issues suicide and debt at the same time. The author showed how a person could not only struggle from being payed at minimum wage and trying to pay for their responsibilities, but also struggle when trying to put your life back together. The author struggles to put her past in the past and be a new person, but she is still reminded of her mistake by being on this debt she cant pay off. As I read the essay I didn't really see how the essay was  a sub culture because she the author didn't stick to talking about one thing, such as nursing but overall I saw how the author incorporated both suicide and debt which is something I haven't heard about so that was really interesting.