You might say you have a problem if out of your pay packet you put aside 80% of it and spend the left over 20% on food, rent and going out haha. Well offcourse thats ok if you live at home but when you dont, it can become a problem...I get chicken feed atm (just a tad over 2 K a month) and I was putting aside around 1200-1300 on savings for the car (nissan 200sx s15)... I live pretty much alone, pay a bit of rent (my brother helps me out with the bulk of it) but I also pay all the bills. Its all fine and dandy until you start sacrificing food and other things, :lol: i mean i dont drink and dont smoke so im really proud of that but with food, you cant skip that! So now Im just gonna put away around 1 grand a month still but use all the left over money on food and other things, im getting into cooking again!