As soon as you clear $150K or so a year. $1000 on partying is nothing.
$7,500 a month in a real city
$1,500-2000 rent
$800 food
$1000 Booze
$1000 Internet miscellaneous etc
Still save 33%. It's doable, generally high paying jobs cause stress and spending.
The trick is to always put that 33% away.
Life is relative, none of my good friends make less than low six figures. If I don't chip in on a $500 tab I'd be a mooch. Also when you're at that level people don't "keep track of rounds" because no one cares anymore. Going out to party at the high end is to get more connected. Not penny pinch. That doesn't help make the right kind of friends.
$7,500 a month in a real city
$1,500-2000 rent
$800 food
$1000 Booze
$1000 Internet miscellaneous etc
Still save 33%. It's doable, generally high paying jobs cause stress and spending.
The trick is to always put that 33% away.
Life is relative, none of my good friends make less than low six figures. If I don't chip in on a $500 tab I'd be a mooch. Also when you're at that level people don't "keep track of rounds" because no one cares anymore. Going out to party at the high end is to get more connected. Not penny pinch. That doesn't help make the right kind of friends.