Why do I feel so poor?

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Because of oppressive income taxes, regulators driving up health care costs, and nimby attitudes not allowing enough housing to be built.

Or maybe it's just Instagram's fault.

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Or maybe the Partners decided to partially fund the bonus pool. Like, very partially.

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Almost always due to living beyond means.
Create a send plan, dawg.
Set your expense buckets by rule of thumb percentages of you income. (Google)
Compare where you should be to where you currently are.
Adjust lifestyle for where you're over spending.
Put surplus in savings.
#winning #tigerblood

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Because you have a wildly flawed sense of the word "poor"

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Which side of the equation is off - incoming or outgoing

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Make more money bro

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Sad.

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Both.

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Get mad. You sons of bitches. Get mad.

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Cause you're bad with money

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Avocado toast, most likely

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If you are from EY, it's because you work at EY. If not, I don't know.

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Are you in the city?

Me too, brah.

OP definitely check your budget. I tend to feel a bit on the poor side but still manage to save a little. My excuse is that I have my mortgage and a really pricey grad program but the latter will be done in May. Trying to tighten up your spendings because before school...I still felt well off even with my yuppie lifestyle. It's when you pay $15k or so a semester just for tuition when you feel poor.

Because ur on per a diem and not expenses

Because you have a kid?

It's not having what you want, it's wanting what you have

Because you arw

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