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passthepeanutbutter t1_iw84z13 wrote

Reply to comment by AssumptionLivid6879 in Salary in So. Maine by [deleted]

This! It amazes me how an increase an salary sounds amazing at the time and can help with a lot of things, but it is still very easy to live paycheck to paycheck. In the last 5 years I’ve gone from $45k to $100k and I feel like my spending has just gone up with it. It’s a hard thing to reign back in.

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opuntina t1_iw88wop wrote

Bad spending habits and poor money management will do that

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PuzzleheadedMine2168 t1_iwbswfw wrote

So will changing your family size from ONE to FOUR with two added kids--as the person above did. Don't be "that person" who doesn't understand how expenses work.

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toolstudio t1_iw8dnf0 wrote

Same here for time and pay. Except now I have a 3 yo, a 15 yo step kid and a house rather than cheap rent from a family member. Doubled my pay, but money's even tighter.

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Xyzzydude t1_iw8ehix wrote

Contentment with enough is not an easy attitude to adopt but it makes life so much better. It took me until my 50s to figure that out, don’t be like me and wait too long.

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