Please help with parking in TMC!

I’m a new employee going in for training before working somewhere else that doesn’t require me to pay for parking. Parking costs $150 a month, or $18 a day. I cannot afford this right off the bat. No option to take it out of my paycheck as of yet.

I don’t know if parking in front of a shopping center and taking a 8 minute walk is okay? Will I be towed? There’s a lot of small restaurants and businesses around that’s a few minutes walking distance away. If anybody has any insight if this is okay, please let me know. I cannot take the METRO or Ride & Share. I have 2 kids I have to take to school and another to ADA therapy. I’m coming from Spring.