Originally Posted by
Clough
Once you start to have to budget money that you have for only certain kinds of things, you'll know what you can and can't spend money on.
Learning that will take some time, and you'll definitely need to be providing for yourself in order to be realizing that.
It was quite a revelation for my daughter when she was about your age, when she asked/proclaimed to me that, "You mean that I'm going to have to pay for rent, gas & electric, water, etc.?"
You learn to budget and to not go out beyond that which you are able to pay for.
What we need and that which we desire to have can take on a whole new meaning and perspective when we realize that we have to provide for ourselves and no one else is going to do it for us.
Thanks!