Staying Put Until I Can't
Honestly, I have looked at moving to the Santa Cruz - Monterey - King City area. I have also looked at living in Fairfield and working in San Francisco still. I have also played the lottery and lost. I am tired of being a renter and spending now 40% of my income on just shelter that not including the 15% I spend on travel other bills 18% ( credit card, loans, storage space ) I can only save 2% a month. I should be able to with budgeting save 20% of my monthly income which just does not happen as well as I would like it to because I do insist on having fun. By the way the Fun I am referring to is renting a hotel room so I can be at volunteer event on time or get to a dog sitting place reasonably timely ( one client is in Napa and another one is Concord ). Oh yeah, I do a side gig of pet / house sitting but because the client doesn't want someone "spending the night" they just want visits which I understand but you can't check on a pet or property twice in a weekend ...
