I LOVED Jessica’s post “How Much Money I’ve Made After Working a Decade“! I wrote a more vague post awhile back on how I earned all of my money but I never thought to add up the numbers and examine how much money have I earned in my lifetime. 2005 (College) My parents had a rule that I couldn’t work until I finished high school so, two days before the end of school, a newly-turned 17 year-old me got her first job. I was a terrible telemarketer but, that summer I earned a fabulous $2535 — about $850 a month. I was the biggest baller and brought my brother to the amusement park in August — all expenses paid. At the end of the summer when I only had $1500 left I panicked and resolved to track every penny that I spent to see where my money was going. Almost 10 years later and I’m still doing this. 2006 (Gap year) I started working “part-time” at a downtown grocery store. I was paid $7.65/hr and worked maybe 30h/week. I saved 50% of every paycheque because I wanted to go to university in Ottawa in the fall. In May I made supervisor ($8.50/hr!) but, by September I […]
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