When I get a new job or a raise, I stay on the same budget for at least 6 months(it used to be 3 months when I was in Nigeria).
You did not die on your previous salary. Lifestyle creep is one way to remain poor even when you earn more money.
@OlajimmySamuel Wrote my NDA Exams at lungi barracks 30mins before exam start an officer works in, with a particular paper in his hand and asks if anyone with that exact paper is present some few boys stood up..they were taken to a different classroom... Na there I know say omoh e don be