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When you realize that "debt starts a lot"

One phase of life

We used to think of ourselves as "just having debt."

But actually,

The scarier thing is to start having no money left to spend each day. 🥲

Salary out → pay debt

Then it started using credit cards, swiping the cost of eating.

Start paying minimum

Start pressing the cash card again.

Until one day...

Matters should be "normal expenses."

Like car repairs, central expenses or emergency expenses.

Turns out to be something that needs to be "salvaged."

It was then that I began to know

We're not just in debt.

But we're running out of cash flow.

This post is not dramatic.

Just want to share it in case someone is feeling the same way. 🫂

Who has been through this period? Can share together. 🥹

# Debt # Salary man # Finance # Lemon 8 diary # Life experience

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