u/AWEsoMe-Cat1231

I usually end up staying up all night packing because I procrastinate and still need to use half my stuff until the very end — bedsheets, cooking utensils, etc.

Then I just hope the movers arrive on time in the morning, hope traffic is okay so we don’t miss the elevator reservation, move everything into the new place, commute back to clean the old apartment, then commute to the new place again with all the cleaning supplies and clean everything all over again.

That’s assuming everything goes smoothly. The whole process usually takes an entire day and is absolutely exhausting. I do this at least once every year and I am so tired of it. Any tip to make it easier?

24, just graduated, landed a job paying around 170k

I know this is good money for my age compared to most people, and I’m grateful. But I also feel like I’m not very smart with money yet, especially when it comes to budgeting and controlling spending.

During school money was tight. It was in a HCOL city, and it was frustrating being an adult in an expensive city without adult money. There were so many things I wanted to buy but I kept telling myself no. I compromised a lot and constantly feeling like I had to hold back.

Now that I’m about to make money, I can feel this urge to go hard in the opposite direction. I really, really don’t want to compromise anymore. I want the nice apartment. I want the car I’ve wanted. I want to stop feeling like every decision has to be about saving money.

The hard part is that when I run the numbers, I technically can afford all these things. But “afford” would mean bascially living paycheck to paycheck.

Part of me feels like I deserve it. Another part of me knows this is how people with high paying job go bankrupt. I don't want to be one of them