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[quote=Anonymous]There is a lot of good advice on this thread. I echo the live WAY BELOW your means, and save, save, save approach. When I started at my law firm, I rented a one-bedroom apartment for 1200 a month and that felt like a lot to me. Other than my rent, I lived a very frugal life. Continued driving my old car, did not go crazy buying clothes, etc. We paid off my then-fiance/now husband's law school loans (I did not have any) our first year out and then just saved like crazy for our down payment and setting up our life. We saved a TON those years before we had kids. We are both still in big law 15 years later but the vast majority of our law school classmates are not. People burn out of this type of job very quickly. Life can be very difficult during those early years as an associate. [/quote]
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