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Im graduating from college (Bus Econ w/ Acctg. Major | Chinese Minor) in December and am currently looking in the job market.
I was just sitting around last night high as a cloud and was calculating my expenses over the year, and I was surprised that it only came out to be around $25k(not including tuition, which my parents pay).
So my question is...could you live off $40k/yr and be happy? (40k is the avg pay that college grads make i think)
I have no idea how it is to live by myself but i pay $800/month for rent + ~$100 for utils, $200/week for whatever expenses (food, gas, etc.)
I guess it would change if i had more expenses like a car or whatever else to pay off, but i dunno i guess i was one of the lucky ones that doesn't have topay off school debts and whatever. I just wanted to see if im the only one that thinks $40k is pretty decent.
PS: don't get me wrong i have ambitions of making $100k + a year (financial manager), but starting out i think i could live well off that salary.
I was just sitting around last night high as a cloud and was calculating my expenses over the year, and I was surprised that it only came out to be around $25k(not including tuition, which my parents pay).
So my question is...could you live off $40k/yr and be happy? (40k is the avg pay that college grads make i think)
I have no idea how it is to live by myself but i pay $800/month for rent + ~$100 for utils, $200/week for whatever expenses (food, gas, etc.)
I guess it would change if i had more expenses like a car or whatever else to pay off, but i dunno i guess i was one of the lucky ones that doesn't have topay off school debts and whatever. I just wanted to see if im the only one that thinks $40k is pretty decent.
PS: don't get me wrong i have ambitions of making $100k + a year (financial manager), but starting out i think i could live well off that salary.