evan543•7mo ago

Found my old budget book from lean times.

My bank account looks much healthier now. That little book kept me afloat back then.

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the_brooke7mo ago

Glad your bank account looks better now, but those lean times taught you skills you still use, right? @brian_baker says they weren't romantic, but wasn't there a weird pride in making it work?

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victor_thomas7mo ago

Weird pride is right. Those years of counting change for rent and eating beans for a week straight leave a mark. You learn how to fix anything yourself and where every free resource in town is. The stress was awful, but now you know you can handle bad news without totally falling apart. The skills stick around long after the bitterness fades.

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brian_baker7mo ago

Lean times weren't romantic for me.

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evan_davis7mo ago

Okay but come on, is fixing a leaky faucet yourself really some huge life skill? Feels like people make surviving a tight budget into this whole big character test. It's just being broke, it mostly sucks.

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