six figure salary...
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cinder...my life only recently became financially stable. i was stuck at a job where i was purely learning and never banking anything. i had a take home weekly check of $500, and i live in NYC. luckily i have a wife who helped me thru the years.
i have left that gig and started pursuing what i have been working oh so very hard these last few years as the knowledge i have aquired in my design abilities. i have researched high and low for those salaries i heard so much about but was never able to taste the fine luscious victory on my lips.
until just very recently. so i am all so very new to all this fun loving cash!
i have no skills in saving any money nor do i have any idea to keep it saved.
my brother in law is my accountant and he crunches all my numbers so i can start writing things off and paying my taxes.
i deduct 45% from every check for unkle sam. and then i figure out what i appox. spend per month with bills, food, and rent and i deduct that number from all the checks i get per month and the rest i throw into savings.
the day i save 1million real easte will be in NYC 10billion for an apartment and all i have saved will be for that large bag of weed i will have to buy!!!
:)
its all in your head, if you tell yourself you make a certain amount and then feed that to your next client, hopefully you will have teh skills to back yourself up.
im still learning and going to have so much fun along the way!!! i suffered so many years and now im going to make the real money i ws destined for! i will never settle aagain for anything less either!!!
feels great to know that everything i worked so hard for in this industry is finally paying off.
also just so you know, i am a product accessory designer. in this industry, if you are hungry enough, the salary i have is just the regular norm, there are offcourse much higher salaries but also those jobs need a ton of job experience that i dont have just yet.
in another 7 years i can triple what i am making now.
good luck and never settle and always get it in writing!!!!
:)