/biz/ - Business & Finance

>>1259348
> gold
> growing

>>999017
>Go to State University
>Work throughout high school summers, work throughout college, get tuition paid off by scholarship
>Graduate, owe 25k due to "fees", turns out tuition is only 1/6 of what the college charges for simply attending.
>Live at home, pay off debt at 25
>Get better job, making 80k, move out
>Car dies, buy another decent used car for 6k
>mfw thought I did everything right, all I have is 15k emergency fund after 26 years of being responsible.

Still 2 more years of laboring to have a security deposit, another life expense that makes my savings immediately disappear. If I skip marriage and kids I can finally have my own money at 30. Some, at least.