Financial Futility - the siren song of my generation?
Things I was hoping to do with the leftover $ at the end of this month:
order a plastic mattress cover since the cat keeps peeing on the bed
put aside cash to buy a new bicycle at big bike fair thing in February
buy a couple pairs of work pants
go grocery shopping
pay a little extra towards my credit card bill
refill my prescription toothpaste (with mint flavor this time!)
Things I will actually be doing with end of the month $:
nothing. alternators are expensive, I will never pay off my credit card and I will clearly be in debt forever.
Everything will be fine (provided there are no emergencies of any sort) and I'm neither at risk of starving or becoming homeless but there's something particularly frustrating and depressing about being in this state at the age of 30, while holding down a full-time, professional, salaried position in my field for the last 6 years (started directly out of graduate school). Also, the minor crying fit in my office that my boss caught the tail end of was a lovely cherry topper to the sundae of my feelings. /whine
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order a plastic mattress cover since the cat keeps peeing on the bed
put aside cash to buy a new bicycle at big bike fair thing in February
buy a couple pairs of work pants
go grocery shopping
pay a little extra towards my credit card bill
refill my prescription toothpaste (with mint flavor this time!)
Things I will actually be doing with end of the month $:
nothing. alternators are expensive, I will never pay off my credit card and I will clearly be in debt forever.
Everything will be fine (provided there are no emergencies of any sort) and I'm neither at risk of starving or becoming homeless but there's something particularly frustrating and depressing about being in this state at the age of 30, while holding down a full-time, professional, salaried position in my field for the last 6 years (started directly out of graduate school). Also, the minor crying fit in my office that my boss caught the tail end of was a lovely cherry topper to the sundae of my feelings. /whine
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