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[quote=Anonymous]I admire OP's frugality.  She seems to be making the best of it, and always looking on the bright side.

Here's my question for OP:  Why not try for a higher-paying job, rather than settling for one in which your take-home pay is just $2600 per month?  You seem motivated and disciplined.  Why sell yourself short?  (As a lawyer myself, I know that there are too few legal jobs.  My DH and I graduated from law school in 1997 and we've always managed to have good jobs.  But I don't see why more recent law school grads don't just leave the legal field rather than staying in these jobs that pay so little!  Most nannies in DC make more than $2600 per month take-home.  You could make more as a manager in a fast-food restaurant.)  How about taking an entry level job in a business (not suggesting nanny jobs or fast food jobs), and then working your way up?

I just hope you're not selling yourself short and settling for working for what you desribe as a "low-paying employer."  I have a lot of relatives who grew up with modest means (as did I), and they have gone to college etc and yet settle for low-wage jobs.  It's like they think they are destined to make low pay.  They seem happy enough in the jobs, but it just seems a shame to not aspire for a bit more. [/quote]

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