When you almost tripled your income, you surely started saving more though, right? It's not really living paycheck to paycheck if you're putting away savings.

When you almost tripled your income, you surely started saving more though, right? It's not really living paycheck to paycheck if you're putting away savings. The multimillionaire in the mansion down the street lives paycheck to paycheck too - he's got a lot of homes and properties to maintain - but if he loses his job he has millions in assets to cushion him. It's not the same thing as someone making $30k living paycheck to paycheck.