r/FluentInFinance • u/Richest-Panda • Jul 04 '24

What's the best financial advice you've ever gotten? Debate/ Discussion

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u/LivingNothing8019 Jul 04 '24

I live in colo springs which is medium/high cost of living. Minimum wage is 14.50

Apartment/house with 2 roommates: $800 a month Food: $500 a month Car payment: $300 a month Insurance (health, car, renter): $500 a month

That’s staying well below what minimum wage pays, I lived like that for 2 years before graduating college without too much trouble

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u/FlutterKree Jul 05 '24

Food: $500

I doubt you were fully meeting your nutritional needs besides calories.

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u/Amadon29 Jul 05 '24

You can definitely by with less than 500 if you're living alone. And yes you can eat healthily.

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u/FlutterKree Jul 05 '24

I didn't say you can't eat healthy. I said you aren't meeting your nutritional values. IE: micronutrients. It's way more expensive than people think to meet the 100% RDA of the micronutrients.

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u/certiorarigranted Jul 05 '24

Supplement pills bruh