I grew up extremely poor in the inner city. My single mother raised me and my siblings in a studio apartment our entire life. My mom always had two jobs and never had money for anything else but bills. She always pushed me to studying really hard and it's paid off dramatically.
Since graduating high school I've managed to go to college for free on an academic scholarship. I've only had one job in banking since graduating and I make more than $100k a year. All my friends make about the same or more.
I seem to be having the opposite problem of most people on this sub. I can't seem to gather the courage to spend the money I earn. All I know how to do is save money. I fear for the day that I have to go back to the life I once knew when I was poor.
It makes me a little sad and it affects my quality of life because my friends want to go on lavish vacations and eat at Michelin star restaurants, etc. I can afford all these things and still save 15 -20% of my income, but I'm actually saving what feels like 40-45% of my income.
It's starting to make me sad and depressed that I can't overcome this past life that I haven't experienced in almost a decade. I have been fortunate enough to been giving this amazing blessing and I feel like I'm wasting it.
I don't want this to come off as bragging, I just was curious if I was the only one and if anyone has any advice to help me overcome this 'unbalance'. Thanks in advance!
Submitted August 08, 2017 at 10:58AM by zeusdescartes http://ift.tt/2ulMNtm
