Originally posted by: dabuddha
Originally posted by: Eli
Damn. Gotta love that gas usage.
150$/mo for rent.. :Q
He must have like 5 roommates or something. Or he's living in the hood.
or somewhere where there are not a lot of jobs and the cost of living is refelcted in that
FeathersMcGraw
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I'd keep the cable and drop the internet down to dialup, or just keep broadband and kill the cable. Your choice there...$200/month is not much at all for a person who wants to eat healthily.
BTW if you need a new car you're aware of the fact that you can buy one for under $3k that will be worth driving, right? And to say that's not good enough for you is an interesting contrast with the standard of living you'll enjoy scraping by to save as much money as you want over the next 10 months.
BTW if you need a new car you're aware of the fact that you can buy one for under $3k that will be worth driving, right? And to say that's not good enough for you is an interesting contrast with the standard of living you'll enjoy scraping by to save as much money as you want over the next 10 months.
Why not forgo payments altogether and take that $5k down payment and buy a reliable used car? That way all you will have to spend money on is insurance and gas.
Get one new better paying job and quit your current one. 180+ hours if far too much to be working for $950. Hell, that's inhumane.
Think about taking advantage of seasonal job opportunities this summer, such as landscaping, or commercial lawn mowing services. There are also many other jobs paying $1400-1800/mo that anyone with half a brain and on ounce of responsibility can get hired for and do well at.
kranky
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In a ten month time frame, the amount of interest won't really matter. It's too small to make a difference.
$5,000 invested at 1% interest is $4.17 monthly interest
$5,000 invested at 5% interest is $20.84 monthly interest
You can see that the rate of interest isn't going to make much of a dent.
So instead of spending a lot of time researching how to get the maximum interest, spend that time figuring out how to increase your savings rate. That's the only way to reach your goal.
$5,000 invested at 1% interest is $4.17 monthly interest
$5,000 invested at 5% interest is $20.84 monthly interest
You can see that the rate of interest isn't going to make much of a dent.
So instead of spending a lot of time researching how to get the maximum interest, spend that time figuring out how to increase your savings rate. That's the only way to reach your goal.
radioouman
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4950/month after taxes and ins IS NOT a sweet position, no matter how you slice it. get a better paying job.
I know you can do it from personal experience. Don't let anything stop you, just get it done.
When my girlfriend told me she was pregnant I had two more jobs within the week.
One at a bakery from 2:30 am to 9-10a my regular job at a bookstore 11-5 and then float at a coffeeshop after.
Sleep is for the weak. I told myself I could sleep when I died.
anyway the point is if you're willing to endure some hardship you can do it, and if it's only for a year and you have the golden carrots in front of you, the only thing that could stop you is you.
When my girlfriend told me she was pregnant I had two more jobs within the week.
One at a bakery from 2:30 am to 9-10a my regular job at a bookstore 11-5 and then float at a coffeeshop after.
Sleep is for the weak. I told myself I could sleep when I died.
anyway the point is if you're willing to endure some hardship you can do it, and if it's only for a year and you have the golden carrots in front of you, the only thing that could stop you is you.
Originally posted by: djheater
I know you can do it from personal experience. Don't let anything stop you, just get it done.
When my girlfriend told me she was pregnant I had two more jobs within the week.
One at a bakery from 2:30 am to 9-10a my regular job at a bookstore 11-5 and then float at a coffeeshop after.
Sleep is for the weak. I told myself I could sleep when I died.
anyway the point is if you're willing to endure some hardship you can do it, and if it's only for a year and you have the golden carrots in front of you, the only thing that could stop you is you.
when you don't get enough sleep, you die quicker %)
Move to a bigger town and get a better paying job
You can't get Louisville or Indy stations with a bow-tie antenna? Drop the cable internet and get the cheapest basic cable pkg you can get (I'm assuming it's Insight.)
You can't get Louisville or Indy stations with a bow-tie antenna? Drop the cable internet and get the cheapest basic cable pkg you can get (I'm assuming it's Insight.)
MoobyTheGoldenCalf
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Save all you can until the Google IPO in the spring. Then invest on day one. By August you'll be rich...
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MoobyTheGoldenCalf
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Originally posted by: Mwilding
I was being sarcastic. I guess I should have thrown my own
emoticon in there...
200 bucks for one person is NOTHING. I don't buy steaks or lobster and my bill is easily over that.
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