@thehusslaaa@schiz04renic i think it depends. did you really love the person, was it the first time, and was money involved? for me, it was a repeated pattern and i was blinded by love.
@Just__Esther yeah, because running out of money doesn’t just affect what you can buy. it takes away options.
even a small emergency fund can change how much pressure you feel between checks.
Have you ever looked back at all the money you made over the years and thought about how much of it you wasted?
Now that you older, you realize you didn’t need half of that stuff.
You keep saying you’ll get serious when you get caught up.
But every time you get caught up, something else come up. At some point you gotta start anyway.
@SJosephBurns Making more money helps, but lowering what you’re forced to pay every month matters too.
The less of your income already spoken for, the more freedom you actually have.
@unusual_whales The real advantage is transferring the knowledge while you’re still here too. Assets can disappear fast if the next generation never learned how to manage them. 🧠
Survival can consume so much of your income that building wealth feels impossible.
At some point, part of your labor has to start working for your future too.
A lot of people spend 30 years paying bills and maintaining a household.
The problem is realizing later that none of that income was converted into assets.
A lot of people feel something is off but keep doing the same thing.
Track where your money and time actually go for 30 days. Then cut one clear waste and move it.