So I needed to celebrate, but didn't know where else to do it. But I am so damn proud of myself!
A little backstory - I'm 26, and recently graduated college. I grew up kind of poor (due to my mother's illness) and most of my working life has been low paid/minimum wage hospitality and retail work. And during my uni days, I struggled to find work and lived off student welfare at 12k a year (6k of which went on rent.) So in other words, I have had a really hard time saving any money. Up until now, I considered having two or three hundred in my account to be "savings".
After I graduated uni last year, I finally found a better paying entry level position and also another hospitality job. I've been working my ass off (50 - 60hrs a week) since January, and saving the majority of my pay. I kept living the thrifty lifestyle same as when I lived on welfare. I also finally took an interest in my finances, mostly in thanks to this sub and r/frugal. I found a good savings account (3% interest) and kept depositing into it as much as I could.
And today it finally paid off.
I finally hit my goal of $10,000!!
I honestly don't even know what i should do with the money. I just feel so happy to have achieved my goal, and to have that fund there in case of any emergencies. I think I should probably invest some of it, but I know very little about investing in Australia. If anyone has any advice for me, that would be amazing.
Thanks, everyone!!
Submitted July 07, 2017 at 06:38AM by LadyEmry http://ift.tt/2sU7iYv
