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Originally Posted by traceur
TBH, that sentiment is not alien to me... At one point in my life - while doing kiosk sales for commission in the US - I was making an average of 200 USD a day, and whatever didn't go on living expenses went on quality purple-haze weed. And this was while still having debt left from a previously failed startup...
Shortly after I switched company branches, had a fight with my new boss and ended up homeless with nearly nothing until I was able to make contact with some family members and get my ass back to Israel.
While it took me awhile to get the hang of it, right now is the first time in my life I am really managing to do well and sensibly financially - a clean slate with no debt (and already some savings), living comfortably well bellow my means, great job security and future opportunities to increase my means while I am at it.
Edit: Well... I am 30, so technically I got the hang of it just when my 20s ended.
edit 2: Oh shit.. Until now it didn't dawn on me quite in that framework - my 20s ended... Fuck.
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This is a fine strategy... as long as you have parents who have saved.
As the parent who has saved, I've been able to live, myself, on my savings while work was scarce, and been able to be the metaphorical lifeboat for my kids, whose savings habits are not very clear to me.
Enjoying life as an old fucker entails a certain level of old fucker behavior.