In your twenties and thirties, it’s not about fancy clothes and dinners. It’s about roughing it to get to that concert and swindling your way into shots at the bar. We’re not supposed to be making a lot of money because we don’t need a lot. In case you’re still not sure, here’s how much money you should be making: You should be making enough money to buy your own groceries, to think that bread is overpriced and milk and cheese will go the furthest for your buck. You should be making enough to have your own apartment, shared with one, two or three others. You should be making enough to eat, but never feel completely full. You should be making enough to go out once a week and get drunk enough to cab it home, but worry about affording brunch the next morning. You should be making enough to buy wine for $12 a bottle. You should be making enough to never feel poor but have to wonder what it’s like to have money. You should be making enough to have a bed but never a headboard. You should be making enough to sleep on sheets but never a full thread count. You should be making enough to go to bars, but not without pregaming just a little. You should be making enough to feel like you can do anything, but know it’s all really nothing. You should be making enough to be able to travel the world but never see the inside of a hotel. You should be making enough to buy coffee in the morning but lament how expensive it’s become. You should be making enough to go shopping but return everything you buy because you really don’t need new clothes. You should be making enough to go to the movies, but only when it’s something you HAVE to see. You should be making enough to smoke weed but worry about where your next eighth will come from. You should be making enough to travel on trains but never in style. You should be making enough to eat lobster, but only when in Maine. You should be making enough to buy a car, but only because it’s falling apart and you’re gonna use it to travel across states. You should be making enough to go to the Plaza, but only to sit in the lobby for drinks. You should be making enough to buy yourself some new shoes, but only because they’re for a once-in-a-lifetime date. You should be making enough to take a woman out to dinner but eat in for the next few nights. You should be making enough to order takeout, but only if it’s the lunch special. You should be making enough to buy a new computer, but only because you are going to write a best-selling novel. You should be making enough to own a cat, but only feed it dry food. You should be making enough to pick up the check, but only because they’d do it for you.
Posted on: Wed, 05 Mar 2014 15:47:44 +0000
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