re: Live comfortably on $55,000 per year?

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You must definitely live with other people

I made a little more than that at my first job and was eating ramen and living with two friends. Although, I was still paying my graduate school in cash.

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Nope. I grew up poor, am still poor. I just know what to spend money on, where to spend it, and don't blow money recklessly. I don't drink alcohol, or do drugs, or smoke cigarettes. My only vices are milk and music. I have a 2 bedroom apartment that I live in by myself and have paid off all my student loans. Have bought 2 cars, though neither were new, and have never had to ask family or friends for money to get by.

I'm 26 and an artist. I've never expected to make more than 30k or own a house with a yard, though that would be cool I guess, it's not something I need. Now if I ever wanted to start a family 25k would never be enough to fully support them the way they would deserve, but I'm young and not looking for that right now anyway.

TL:DR Living comfortably is what you make it and what you're able to deal without, not how much money you get.