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I did some analysis of the basic costs of living in Austin, TX for a minimum wage worker and found if fairly good decisions are made about $2000 a year can be s

I did some analysis of the basic costs of living in Austin, TX for a minimum wage worker and found if fairly good decisions are made about $2000 a year can be saved at 40 hours of work a week 50 weeks a year. How much money were you spending on alcohol and the few times you went out "crazy"? Substance abuse sounds like a few beers a night - costing $20 a week or so? That's two hours of free time (closer to three) a week. I would really like to see a breakdown of your expenses during that period of your life.

glurgann 13y ago
And I really couldn't give one, at least in this setting. And really I've yet to see a good estimate for cost of living. Full time in minimum wage-land is 35 scheduled hours, less if you are let go early. Getting behind on bills also constitutes additional fees. As far as what I remember, I ended up having about $100-150 left after bills per pay period. There are other factors here as well, bad roommate, car accident, that I'm not going into.