How to spend my paycheck once I graduate and get a job?

[toozlah]

Throw that shit in the bank, son! Less weed soon means more weed later!

[Nochowderforyou]

Save your money! You can spend a bit here and there, but don't commit all of your cash to car payments and shit. Trust me, you want to put away cash every paycheque.

I made the mistake of not doing that, at all, and now, at age 25, I am now finally saving because I know one day, I want to retire at a decent age. I want to get a house eventually and not be stuck living in an apartment forever. I know one day I may and want to have kids. Kids aren't cheap either.

So I suggest not getting a 3 year loan for $700 a month. That is 3 years...think about that long and hard. Every month, $700, for 3...long...years.

That is commitment, and you may change jobs, or lose your job, then what? You could fall on hard times with rent and a $700 a monthy a payment to pay, with no money. You never know what could happen.

Leasing a car is one of the worst things you can do. You pay out the ass for a very long time. Used car my friend. Get one for a fraction of the cost for $2000-$9000 instead of $22,000.

Just advice. Blowing money is great, but when you fall on hard times, then what? You got bills and no money, or you got money, and spend it all on bills. That isn't living...that's slavery, and it's no fun.