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Yeah, I did this in November, quit my job of 5 years that I loved doing, left the city and moved back with my dad. Timing probably couldn't have been better. Wo

Yeah, I did this in November, quit my job of 5 years that I loved doing, left the city and moved back with my dad. Timing probably couldn't have been better. Would have sucked hard being out in the city during this covid stuff. I've had a few jobs since moving back, none have been as good or even as enjoyable, i've managed to keep working fairly consistenly though. So far i've managed to save more money over 6 months than I was able to save over the last 5 years and that's still with paying rent and bills and stuff. But, it's hard being away from my girlfriend, she's living with her parents not too far from here but far enough we don't see eachother anywhere near as much as we'd like, living with my dad as an adult has been a bit challenging. We've both been used do having our own space and lives and stuff for over a decade now, so there's been a bit of stress and such. Personally though, I'm looking forward to getting my own place again but I don't think I'm going to go back to the city. It wasn't worth the stress and cost of living.

throw51319 6y ago
Damn that's crazy. So were you living almost paycheck to paycheck in the city? Yeah I don't think it's that worth it once you've had your share of the "city experiences". Esp now with corona, makes no sense i think.
- grawprog 6y ago
  Not quite, but almost. I had about a month's savings. So about two pay cheques at any time in the bank. I've had more or less at any point in time but about that on average, i've almost tripled my savings since then and I haven't been that careful or anything. It's just been the cheaper rent it went from $1600 between two people to $600 between two people, less than half of before, cheaper food and savings in travel expenses. I still ended up traveling at least an hour or more to and from work each day. The cost of my commute has gone way down.

throw51319 6y ago

Damn that's crazy. So were you living almost paycheck to paycheck in the city? Yeah I don't think it's that worth it once you've had your share of the "city experiences". Esp now with corona, makes no sense i think.

grawprog 6y ago
Not quite, but almost. I had about a month's savings. So about two pay cheques at any time in the bank. I've had more or less at any point in time but about that on average, i've almost tripled my savings since then and I haven't been that careful or anything. It's just been the cheaper rent it went from $1600 between two people to $600 between two people, less than half of before, cheaper food and savings in travel expenses. I still ended up traveling at least an hour or more to and from work each day. The cost of my commute has gone way down.