Don't sweat it. I was once making just above minimum wage, IN NEW YORK CITY no less, but was able to survive. I also have experienced job losses TWICE when I was a "youth" after the minimum wage was raised.
One of Maggie Thatcher's great achievements was ABOLISHING the minimum wage in the UK. Youth unemployment in the UK went down considerably as a result.
What did my time as a minimum wage slave teach me? The importance of working hard, being responsible, negotiating a raise and for swearing to continue my studies. Shaped the values that have allowed me to become successful since then.
That is exactly the point that I have been trying to make (maybe poorly) but some of the posters still don't understand.