going to be flat broke after paying rent and deposit and brokerage, any tips to survive? Fr cannot afford furniture, gonna keep all my stuff in my suitcase xD
Would it be better to stay in a PG initially and shift later or will it be difficult to find flats/too much of a hassle?
No one cares. Even if they did, you shouldn't care. This is a horrible way to live your life. You'll end up spending all your money on stuff you neither need not want.
I think you are in mumbai and are living near your Lower Parel office in a 1BHK. This is the most financially disastrous decision. You should ideally share on rent and keep rent expenses under 30k, and only rent a 1BHK when you get to 2.5lpm salary
I used to work for a Tierless corporate law firm in Mumbai. I joined the firm at a pay grade which was just ok. I agreed to the salary, as they said they would increase the pay much more within a year. I was anyway not getting many opportunities in my hometown.
I used to stay alone, it was a non-negotiable, in my hometown I had my own room, and it was just my grandma and parents. So I took up living in an SRA, I didn't have any furniture, zilch. I used to have one thin mattress, no gas connection, no fridge, no other appliances, 2 plastic plates, 1 bucket. No almirah, Used to live out of 2 suitcases and a laundry bag. I used to hand wash my clothes and iron them. It was a fuck all living situation. I moved out soon to Delhi after 2 years of living that way. Rent was almost half of my pay.
The other major expenses included, taxis, alcohol and cigarettes and food. There were days I had spare change by the end of the month.
I then started obsessively tracking my expenses, it helped me bring in control a lot of my wasteful expenses like swiggy and faasos, taxis and so on. Eventually helped me to build a bit of saving as well. But at the cost of almost no going out with friends, no vacations, no splurging, no entertainment like OTT and so on.
Would it be better to stay in a PG initially and shift later or will it be difficult to find flats/too much of a hassle?
I used to stay alone, it was a non-negotiable, in my hometown I had my own room, and it was just my grandma and parents. So I took up living in an SRA, I didn't have any furniture, zilch. I used to have one thin mattress, no gas connection, no fridge, no other appliances, 2 plastic plates, 1 bucket. No almirah, Used to live out of 2 suitcases and a laundry bag. I used to hand wash my clothes and iron them. It was a fuck all living situation. I moved out soon to Delhi after 2 years of living that way. Rent was almost half of my pay.
The other major expenses included, taxis, alcohol and cigarettes and food. There were days I had spare change by the end of the month.
I then started obsessively tracking my expenses, it helped me bring in control a lot of my wasteful expenses like swiggy and faasos, taxis and so on. Eventually helped me to build a bit of saving as well. But at the cost of almost no going out with friends, no vacations, no splurging, no entertainment like OTT and so on.