Simple answer is do not spend the money unless you really can afford it.
Better still go to University and do a course that will get you a well paid job or learn a trade, become an aircraft mechanic.
Plenty of well paid jobs all over the world for a LAME but it takes a lot more than 200 hours to get the ticket.
Simultaneously have flying lessons, with a CPL and AME jobs will be plenty.
I have seen the majority of young CPLs with Instructor ratings end up working stacking shelves and having no money or prospects into their late 20s and even 40s.
Sadly there just are not the jobs around, save up and fly for pleasure.
I have known one or 2 go on to greater things, but one was French, the other was in the right place at the right time with connections. But by far the majority of those folk wandering around with white shirts , meaningless epilated and blue trousers at airports all over the world working to get hours up flying 172s earning nothing are most likely headed for disaster financially.
Try and get into the RAAF via the Defence Academy, you will need a very good HSC and like sport and be reasonably tough.
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