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Good thread topic actually....
Came out of college dirt poor. I'm talking $30k in school loans, credit card bills, and living paycheck to paycheck on spaghettios and ramen.
Got a full time job and was also making a lot of money on the side. The side money went from $500/month, to $1000, to $2000, and on and on. I didn't really know what to do with the money any more so I spent like a moron. I remember buying an IPOD and 3 weeks later the new one came out. I just went and bought the new one and the old one sat in my drawer. I bought a new laptop every 6 months, a car, big screen TV, tons of DVDs, and I ate out every single meal. I'm not kidding, I went to the grocery store one time in the course of 5 months. Just picked up essentials like milk down at the convenient store.
After a nice tax bill, I wised up and started living a lot cheaper. Just throwing money into different savings and investments now. Still bites my ass to think of the complete bullshit I wasted my money on.
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