I'm working at a startup right now and plan to use most of the proceeds from the other project to float myself along as needed. My company is in the middle of

I'm working at a startup right now and plan to use most of the proceeds from the other project to float myself along as needed. My company is in the middle of a capital raise that is going fairly well, albeit not for a lot of capital ... best case, these proceeds will be there for a rainy day, worst case it helps us close the round. I definitely follow your mindset: I really don't purchase a lot of stuff and when I do I need to have a lot of justification for it.