• candybrie@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Your bills are ~$1000 and you make ~$2000? Are you spending $1000 on food and gas? Or are you not counting other bills/savings/taxes? And if her bills are similarly $1000, but she makes ~$4000, of course she can afford to shop some.

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      5 months ago

      They’re actually closer to ~$1400 once you factor in weed, medications, and psychiatrist visits without health insurance. And I make closer to $1600-1800/mo depending on how many hours I am able to work. (I’ve never made more than that my entire life.) Which leaves me just $200-400/mo left for food and gas. I also try to invest $50-100 each week, but these days I’m taking more cash out of my fund than I’m putting in. $20 gets me about one day’s worth of food on average, whether I eat out or cook. And I cook about 65% of the time.

      Plus I still like to actually go out and do things for time to time, and I try to take at least 1-2 vacations a year to keep myself sane. So you can see how I could easily be living beyond my means while still only covering the bare basics needed to be minimally comfortable and not die of exhaustion during this rat race.