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GandalfDaGangsta_007 t1_j9atrmg wrote

Reply to comment by OkMarsupial in LPT: To stop being the “I have $300, so spend $300” person, put a sock on your money so that whenever you try to spend it, all you get is the sock by doyouhavetono

I make decent money but still spend like I did when I was making 45-50K a year.

I was able to cover my expenses then and still live pretty comfortably. Stuff could be a bit tight, but never to the point where I had concern about not being able to do/buy something I wanted/needed.

To this, I also believe making more money does not mean you should spend more money. I will drive a nice Toyota RAV4 rather than having a BMW SUV.

I will buy a $300,000 house rather than a $700,000 house.

I won’t eat out any more often than I do (which I rarely do anyway).

I will comfortably buy wants and treat myself slightly more often, but otherwise I’m all about saving.

$5 a day is $1,800 a year. Not buying a coffee/snack every day literally allows me to go on a vacation and possibly still not spend as much as buying a $5 drink/snack every day lol.

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