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I Really Want to Save $7,500 by EOY |
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...but then I thought about my current lifestyle and started rofl. 😩🤣
Over the weekend, I started thinking about how I needed to get serious about saving money and buying a place to live. Something I was supposed to be doing literally 3 years ago after moving to ATL.
I've been flopping ever since.
Like really, there's no reason why I shouldn't be able to put away $1,000 per month.
Like I was saying, over the weekend I thought to set this goal of $7,500 by EOY...but then I started really thinking...
1) Aren't you tryna go to Guam for the holidays ($2,000+) 2) Aren't you daydreaming about living in LA for the summer with Brandion ($3,000+) 3) Didn't you just buy a trip to Vegas to go see Mariah? ($800+) 4) Aren't you trying to plan a Utah trip with Beza? ($600-700+)
Like...bixch...$7,500 where? How? HOW SWAY???! 😩
I really need to be bringing home at least another 1-2 stacks per month.
Besides my current vice (which is manageable), the traveling bit is a difficult one to contain. When it comes to traveling there are 3-4 primary expenses: flight, accommodations, transportation, and large incidentals like concert tickets or expensive dinners/nights out. With that being said...there a three types of trips that I take.
Small trips - Spending full price on one of the primary expenses. If you get discounts on the others (or better yet, if they don't exist) then it's considered a small trip. Ex: We drive to New York, get a discounted hotel, but go see a Broadway show. Or, a friend buys my flight to LA, I don't pay for a hotel, I rent a car, and we don't do anything major.
Medium trips - Spending full price on two of the primary expenses. Ex. A hiking trip in Colorado or Utah where I get a discounted hotel but I pay for hotel and rental car. Or this Vegas trip where I paid full price for the flight, buying MC tickets, but have a hotel hookout.
Big trips - Spending full price on three or more of the primary expenses. Intercontinental trips are automatically big ones. Cross-country trips can also be considered big...like my birthday trip to LA last year where I paid for the Airbnbs, splurged on a cocaine white Challenger for a rental, and paid for two flights. Hell, a trip to Miami can be considered big if I pay for a flight, rent an Airbnb, and rent a car. So it all varies.
*sigh* It's tough.
This really would be a great opportunity to make my dream of living in LA come true...even if it's just for a few months. There's no way I'd be able to get another chance to do it with a friend like this. Besides money, the other barrier is Rob. I'm supposed to be here helping him out. Bleh.
Alas, that's where I am right now. $7,500 by EOY...can happen. I just need to get this credit card together. I feel like every time I even almost have it together...something comes up where I have to put a big charge on it. It was Mariah this time around...ugh.
I'll keep you posted. More to come. I need to get ready for this flight to Vegas in the morning 🥵
Mood: Hopeless, slightly embarrassed, tragic 😩 Music: "_WORLD" by SEVENTEEN from 4th Album Repackage 'SECTOR 17'
Ryonosuke · Tue Apr 23, 2024 @ 01:47pm · 0 Comments |
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