From the looks of it, you are a super saver. So congrats on that. And you are nearly done with the mortgage. I think I got down to about $5k and just chose to pay the darn thing off.
Besides the raise, could you perhaps find other ways to cut back expenses in case that doesn't work out? You probably know better than anyone where there's room to save. What else besides food does that $9,000 pay for? That number seems quite high to me. As a single person, I spent last year $5,200 on food. I would agree with mumof2 about maybe nixing the $2k for charity, just this year. I mean, you are saving 51% of income, helping out your folks in some way and by all measures are doing well. You could loosen the belt a bit.
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Besides the raise, could you perhaps find other ways to cut back expenses in case that doesn't work out? You probably know better than anyone where there's room to save. What else besides food does that $9,000 pay for? That number seems quite high to me. As a single person, I spent last year $5,200 on food. I would agree with mumof2 about maybe nixing the $2k for charity, just this year. I mean, you are saving 51% of income, helping out your folks in some way and by all measures are doing well. You could loosen the belt a bit.
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