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user-inactivated · 3176 days ago · link · · parent · post: Grappling with hipster-hate

"I was into being fiscally responsible before it was cool."

_refugee_ circa 2020

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oyster · 3176 days ago · link ·

..."Now everybody just pretends they are fiscally responsible while they don't even know how to make a monthly budget. Spreadsheets are just fashion statements now."

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_refugee_ · 3174 days ago · link ·

FWIW, I have kept an Excel budget spreadsheet since at least 2012, lol.

It is the only way I can feel sane about money management and assured I am remembering to pay all my bills on time.

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oyster · 3174 days ago · link ·

I'm trying to get in to keeping up with stuff like that and when I lived on my own paying rent that's exactly what I did. Probably because the other options would have destroyed me. Moving out again in a year and I'll likely figure something out.

For now it's trying to organize my day though as I'm taking online courses and it's very difficult to stay on top of things. Actually just finished planning out tomorrow including a block of time devoted to "free time". I'm realizing that if I want to function in society I need a schedule and next step is the budget stuff.