#(dad got paid in USD in brasil + saved up + we lived in an apartment instead of a house)
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children of immigrants get their first Big Job and then
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scarcity mindset
#my brain is so annoying#bc if it’s not obvious i was raised w money#(dad got paid in USD in brasil + saved up + we lived in an apartment instead of a house)#(we also had AC + ate out at least once a week + went to rio once every few months)#but my parents raised us to only want to buy necessities#and take advantage of every deal!!!#and that’s evolved into#1) me only going into the office today bc they serve lunch#2) me going to the office w tupperware to take extra lunch for dinner#even tho i can obviously afford food (both takeout + cooking)#and like#idk#in my head i tell myself#‘u have free food for half the week so that makes all other food 50% off’#and then i buy a Big Lunch in the weekend#which i save for weekend dinner#and tell myself ‘it’s actually 75% off bc math’#and idk#this is prob just normal ppl stuff#but then i see my co-workers throw away food at lunch#and i’m like ‘maybe i (the only tupperware bringer) am not normal’#the adjustment period of learning to manage Adult Job Money For Living rather than College Job Money For Having Fun#dash rambles#first world problems#pls ignore bc ik i sound annoying
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