Bri (Listener)

Yeah. So it's definitely altered my little lizard brain, unfortunately. Some for the good, some for the bad. For the good, it's kind of set a bar of how I would like to live and how I feel comfortable living and that kind of thing and how I strive to, you know, whether it's make money in my career or just kind of maybe a lifestyle.

You know, maybe we see on social media, you know, a lot of the, you know, glitz and glam, even though those are usually highlight reels, that's sometimes how people live. And that's kind of been the standard that I've set myself.

You know, maybe we see on social media, you know, a lot of the, you know, glitz and glam, even though those are usually highlight reels, that's sometimes how people live. And that's kind of been the standard that I've set myself.

You know, maybe we see on social media, you know, a lot of the, you know, glitz and glam, even though those are usually highlight reels, that's sometimes how people live. And that's kind of been the standard that I've set myself.

Yeah. It's very aspirational. And I think it's helped me out a lot in terms of how I want to tackle my career and how much money I want to make. And it's at the end of the day, not been the best, you know, it's, I've, I've been trying to live within my means, you know, I don't own any real designer items.

Yeah. It's very aspirational. And I think it's helped me out a lot in terms of how I want to tackle my career and how much money I want to make. And it's at the end of the day, not been the best, you know, it's, I've, I've been trying to live within my means, you know, I don't own any real designer items.

Yeah. It's very aspirational. And I think it's helped me out a lot in terms of how I want to tackle my career and how much money I want to make. And it's at the end of the day, not been the best, you know, it's, I've, I've been trying to live within my means, you know, I don't own any real designer items.

I mean, I've got like a vintage indie bag from like Poshmark, but you know, it's never been like going to buy one of the, you know, $10,000 Chanel bags, you know, I don't go to vacation in Monaco or anything like that.

I mean, I've got like a vintage indie bag from like Poshmark, but you know, it's never been like going to buy one of the, you know, $10,000 Chanel bags, you know, I don't go to vacation in Monaco or anything like that.

I mean, I've got like a vintage indie bag from like Poshmark, but you know, it's never been like going to buy one of the, you know, $10,000 Chanel bags, you know, I don't go to vacation in Monaco or anything like that.

Exactly. Yeah, exactly.

Exactly. Yeah, exactly.

Exactly. Yeah, exactly.

I am so irresponsible. It actually angers me because I've tried to slow down on my spending and I've tried to adopt better habits, but for whatever reason, it's just like swipe the card, ching, you know, whether it's Just me, just blindly shopping online, late night scrolls. You know, I just realized, ooh, probably shouldn't have bought a $50 item at two o'clock in the morning.

I am so irresponsible. It actually angers me because I've tried to slow down on my spending and I've tried to adopt better habits, but for whatever reason, it's just like swipe the card, ching, you know, whether it's Just me, just blindly shopping online, late night scrolls. You know, I just realized, ooh, probably shouldn't have bought a $50 item at two o'clock in the morning.

I am so irresponsible. It actually angers me because I've tried to slow down on my spending and I've tried to adopt better habits, but for whatever reason, it's just like swipe the card, ching, you know, whether it's Just me, just blindly shopping online, late night scrolls. You know, I just realized, ooh, probably shouldn't have bought a $50 item at two o'clock in the morning.

Yeah, totally contradicts everything I want to do. I hate it. Yeah.

Yeah, totally contradicts everything I want to do. I hate it. Yeah.

Yeah, totally contradicts everything I want to do. I hate it. Yeah.

Ooh, oh my gosh. So this has kind of been a long road of how I got here. And I can kind of pinpoint exactly where it started and why it's happened, why it snowballed. But essentially, a very long story short, I'll probably try to do the SparkNotes edition of it. I ended up moving into a complex called River City, one of Chicago's kind of more famous architecture buildings, that kind of thing.