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.
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.
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.
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.