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What were you excited to buy when you got your first job?
- Thread starter Theef
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I went out and bought an Xbox 360, a couple games (GRAW) and an extra controller. I didn't make any money then but I was confident I could afford it then I remember seeing the total was like $600 and I was like "..... Oh shit ..."
This was when I got my first job out of college and got a paycheck.
I was only early $27000 year then but I felt RICH
This was when I got my first job out of college and got a paycheck.
I was only early $27000 year then but I felt RICH
I was forced to get my first job by my mom the summer after grade 9 so I wasn't really looking forward to buying anything at all as I was miserable I would have to work in the first place.
I got fired after 2 months cause it was a terrible position lol but I got picked up almost immediately by a better place that eventually allowed me to pay for a trip to Australia my senior year of high school.
I got fired after 2 months cause it was a terrible position lol but I got picked up almost immediately by a better place that eventually allowed me to pay for a trip to Australia my senior year of high school.
My own clothes for high school. Gone were the days of accepting what my parents would buy for me. 🙂
One of my first "big" purchases after getting my job was a Wii U
I was really excited for Wind Waker HD
I was really excited for Wind Waker HD
I remember buying Legend of Dragoon from a week at a summer job when I was 12. That was probably the first real tangible thing I bought with a paycheck. Most of the time I would spend it on arcades and such.
As a grown-up, one of the most exciting things to do was build a PC. I usually have trouble making "large" purchases because buy the time I end up saving the amount I need I start second-guessing everything and doubting if the purchase is worth it. So in order to build the PC I wanted for 3k, I had to have at least 5-6k saved up just feel comfortable making the purchase.
As a grown-up, one of the most exciting things to do was build a PC. I usually have trouble making "large" purchases because buy the time I end up saving the amount I need I start second-guessing everything and doubting if the purchase is worth it. So in order to build the PC I wanted for 3k, I had to have at least 5-6k saved up just feel comfortable making the purchase.
Highschool? My own groceries.
Post college? A 24" samsung LCD tv that cost almost as much as my current OLED lol.
Post college? A 24" samsung LCD tv that cost almost as much as my current OLED lol.
I bought myself a nice down jacket from the north face and a pair of merino wool socks, I'm always cold lol. It was nice, I still have them like 7 years later. Spending like $15 on a single pair of socks or like $500+ on a jacket was a big step up from what I was used to until that point and a major QoL upgrade.
I don't think I was all that excited to buy anything. I subsisted off of peanut butter toast, microwaved popcorn, and $5 pizza/subs. Didn't buy any electronics except an old computer at the scrap/surplus dump.
Even when I got my first full time job, or even my current six-figure one, I pretty much just lived like Iwata shrine guy:
Didn't much change until I met my partner. On the positive side, I was able to pay off my loans and invest for retirement in my 20s.
I still stress out about buying even little things, which is incredibly stupid given how much my time is worth relative to my money.
Even when I got my first full time job, or even my current six-figure one, I pretty much just lived like Iwata shrine guy:
Didn't much change until I met my partner. On the positive side, I was able to pay off my loans and invest for retirement in my 20s.
I still stress out about buying even little things, which is incredibly stupid given how much my time is worth relative to my money.
I got that by challenging my dad to a treadmill race at the gym. I lost but he gave it to me anyway because I almost collapsed from exhaustion trying to win.
