Any and all of this might be wrong, I'm listening to this while doing other stuff
Paul, 31, Dallas TX
IT for Hedge Funds
Calls his finances a 2/10
- young 20s, 'a lot of mistakes made'
Tried going into business for himself 'VR Stuff'
Didn't make up the difference in income but kept same spending
Was doing 3D level design and IT work (sounds neat)
Was in the army for a while
- Lacks self-discipline when his routine is broken
Income -
Base Salary - 69'386 (4600 a month)
- Thinks he has upwards trajectory with his current career if he does certs
10k per year doing 'commission work'
Bonus - 1700
401k Match 4% match?
Company does a doordash order every day for him comped lmao
Foid -
23 years old
New girlfriend moved in with him 6 months ago
Had a job before she moved in
Not working yet
Does 3d Modeling stuff
'Really good at blender'
'Trying to make assets she can sell'
Can't drive, doesn't have a car
Trying to find a job for the last 6 months
Couldn't even get a job at the local coffee shop
Has never seen her resume
Has worked at Walmart, CVS, and maybe a couple others
Previous job was at a pharmacy
(He breaks down in tears while discussing this) Timestamp
- 'Every time I spend money it hurts'
Credit card payment of $69 a month, he covers this (he covers all living expenses)
'Why are you paying for that?!'
Has no idea what the balance on the card is
- "She won't tell me... I think she's protecting me from the stress of knowing"
Expenses -
Utilities
Rent $1086 (Expects this to go up because he's in an apartment that's way better than the cost)
- 6-7 months before lease is up
Electric $188
Sewer $37
Water $24
Gas $20
Trash $15
'Storm Water' $182
internet $100ß
Phone $140, $90 comped
Thought that by his thirties he would be millionaire or more
'Every time I try to budget something in my life changes'
'Because my month to month changes so much'
Funny payments for 11labAI, Groomercord, fast food, Steam Games, Unity Apple Payments that sound like large microtransactions and Hooters
Says apple payments are because he bought a new iphone
Debt -
Total $25'672
Car taken in 2019 (was 14'000 initially?)
72 month 15.57%
$157 minimum payment
Credit was terrible so not able to refinance in 2020/2021
Late fee assessments, a lot of them holy shit
Two things in collection
Collections:
It was worse, there was actually another 10 grand I paid off
#1 - $1691
#2 - $2679
#3 - $13'993
'Midland Credit Management'
'While I was in the army I got some credit'
Didn't know about one until he got a letter in the mail
Brought an envelope in to ask for advice
88 bucks on rent that he never bothered paying off lmao
549 credit score
Saving -
Started month with $17 in the checking
Around $3k in Peercoin
- Has it staking, returns 5% annually?
2k in 401k?
Dreams -
- Wants to open an internet cafe with microtransactions for better internet
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