$23/hr x 40 hours = $920/wk
$920 x 52 weeks per year = $47,840 per year, gross.
government takes ~25% in taxes leaving you with net $35,880
rent is $850 x 12 months = $10,200
$35,880 - $10,200 = $25,680
student loans $1000/mo x 12 months = $12,000
$25,680 - $12,000 = $13,680
groceries $400 x 12 months = $4,800
$13,680 - $4,800 = $8,880 to spare.
Your annual budget has a surplus of $8,880
Divided over 12 months, you have an allowance of $740 per month.
Honestly you have it better than most people.
Furthermore you don’t need $400 in food each month.
Food is stupid anyway; Most Americans are overweight, so you can probably get by on less.
If carbohydrates have not yet been made toxic to your biochemistry via your metabolism being turbofucked to hell by sugar and empty starch, you could pull the red beans and rice plus basic spice hack for staple nutrition. Literally just big fucking bags of dry brown rice and dried red beans.
I see dried red beans and dry brown rice coming in around $1 per lb, and that’s DRIED remember - after you soak them and cook them you’re getting multiple pounds of food per dollar. You could get your grocery budget down to $100 per month if this is your base-load calorie source per meal and you decide to spruce things up every so often with a dollar here and a dollar there.
What about being happy for this money? Can you have a fulfilling life for 740 bucks a month? What if you subtract bills from it first? What if you subtract transportation costs, seasonal clothing, repairs, medical bills? Can you feel happy if you worked your ass off to get a good job in your field only to have to eat beans and rice and have fun for free or at home?
$23/hr x 40 hours = $920/wk
$920 x 52 weeks per year = $47,840 per year, gross.
government takes ~25% in taxes leaving you with net $35,880
rent is $850 x 12 months = $10,200
$35,880 - $10,200 = $25,680
student loans $1000/mo x 12 months = $12,000
$25,680 - $12,000 = $13,680
groceries $400 x 12 months = $4,800 $13,680 - $4,800 = $8,880 to spare.
Your annual budget has a surplus of $8,880
Divided over 12 months, you have an allowance of $740 per month.
Honestly you have it better than most people.
Furthermore you don’t need $400 in food each month.
Food is stupid anyway; Most Americans are overweight, so you can probably get by on less.
If carbohydrates have not yet been made toxic to your biochemistry via your metabolism being turbofucked to hell by sugar and empty starch, you could pull the red beans and rice plus basic spice hack for staple nutrition. Literally just big fucking bags of dry brown rice and dried red beans.
I see dried red beans and dry brown rice coming in around $1 per lb, and that’s DRIED remember - after you soak them and cook them you’re getting multiple pounds of food per dollar. You could get your grocery budget down to $100 per month if this is your base-load calorie source per meal and you decide to spruce things up every so often with a dollar here and a dollar there.
What about being happy for this money? Can you have a fulfilling life for 740 bucks a month? What if you subtract bills from it first? What if you subtract transportation costs, seasonal clothing, repairs, medical bills? Can you feel happy if you worked your ass off to get a good job in your field only to have to eat beans and rice and have fun for free or at home?
Looool work 40/52, shut up and eat ur beans, bitch
Seriously, in the face of technological efficiency of the 21st century your answer to that life-situation is smth smth carbohydrates?
Utilities? (ie water, power, trash)
Phone. Internet. I guess you could always attach your ethernet strait into the red beans and rice.
Car payment…
Insurance…
Gas…
You got gas covered too, with the beans there…