to support myself (financially) / to provide for myself / for my upkeep

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JACEK1

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Hello.

Which of the three below-mentioned variants is acceptable to you:

I work to support myself (financially).

I work to provide for myself.

I work for my upkeep.

The meaning that I wanted to express is: I don't need to rely on others to obtain a source of upkeep for me.

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emsr2d2

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The first two are OK. The third is grammatically correct but you won't hear "upkeep" used much these days.
 

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I'd use number 1.
 
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