跟读练习: What I Spend Living Alone in NYC in a week! (vlog) - 通过YouTube学习英语口语
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I moved to New York alone recently,
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I moved to New York alone recently,
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and this is how much I've been spending in a week living here.
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And this is coming from a girlie that loves eating out,
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loves going shopping, and needs her wallet taken away.
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So ever since I moved to New York,
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one of the main questions I've gotten is,
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how do you afford to live there?
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And girl, I don't even know.
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Life has gotten so expensive.
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Literally as much as I just bought, $8.
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And every time I stepped foot outside,
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it's like minus $100 in my bank account,
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but I need to do better.
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I decided that this week I was going to be tracking my finances
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and actually paying attention to the things I spend money on
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And in this video i'm going to be calculating everything at the end You're going to be seeing everything
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that I spend money on and just the reality of living in new york
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and how much it costs to live here It's gotten
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so bad to the point where i'm too scared to even check my bank account
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So first let's start off with a little breakdown of my
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monthly expenses Since I will be incorporating these into the total amount that I spent every week So for one,
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every month at the beginning of the month,
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I will spend $133 on a metro card so that I get unlimited rides,
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which means that I spend around $33 per week on transportation.
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I usually start my days by going to the gym.
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I've been going almost every day, you guys.
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I've been getting addicted to the gym.
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I would say around five times a week.
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And my gym membership costs me $60,
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which means I'm spending around $16 per week.
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So I just got to Chinatown.
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And this is usually where I come to pick up my fruits
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and veggies and the stuff here is always so fresh and yummy So let's go pick out some stuff Okay,
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so I came here with a $20 bill and I wasted around 15 but then I let them keep the rest
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I just picked up my weekly groceries.
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I've been motivating myself to cook more from home.
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For the longest time, I refused to cook.
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I kept eating out, ordering Postmates.
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And not only was that not healthy,
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but it was also draining my bank account.
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But now, I've been having more fun with cooking.
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Every week, I try to cook new things.
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And the thing that excites me most about cooking now is shopping at Whole Foods.
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Some things that I buy from here every single week is steak.
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Of course, a carton of eggs.
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I always make sure to stock up on some bone broth.
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This stuff is really high in protein.
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And I'll literally just drink this alone.
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I saw Whole Foods had this pistachio milk and I'm really excited to try this.
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I got some ingredients this week to make pasta.
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I like getting myself a fun drink every week.
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I honestly don't really eat chips anymore,
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but these, these are my go-to.
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I got some lettuce.
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For my Whole Foods grocery haul today, I spent $57.
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Later this night, I did end up spending money on ramen,
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but because I had a discount,
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basically every month my credit card gives me $15 off Uber Eats.
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So this whole dinner only cost me $12.
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So once a week, I like to dedicate a day to taking myself on a solo date.
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I basically will get into a cute outfit and just spend the day exploring by myself.
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And I always look forward to this because I have a huge list of places I've been wanting to go check out.
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A lot of it is food places and cafes.
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And right now, I'm actually headed to this spot in the East Village.
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The pictures online look so yummy,
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so I'm excited to try it out
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and before we go in let me give you a little outfit of the day so i had
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gone out to do some shopping whenever i got exploring i ended up going into every little shop
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that catches my attention this area is full of such good thrift shops
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and i actually ended up buying a few things i had
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gone to the muji store i have been on the lookout for a new planner
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and i just picked up some stationary stuff i didn't end
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up really doing much for the rest of the day besides just staying in my apartment.
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the next morning i decided i wanted to go
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and work at a coffee shop sometimes it's the only way
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to get myself to be productive like to get me to
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focus rewarding myself with a little seven drink will do the job
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so i usually don't go for coffee
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but i had been hearing really good things about this one like this has been getting hyped up
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and i had to come try it i do love coffee the only issue is
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that it tends to be too strong for me so i just don't drink it as often but this is really good.
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I think I'll give this a 9.5 out of 10.
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Like the flavor is so good.
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I want to chug this but the reason I wouldn't give it a 10 is because it is on the stronger side.
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I do still think this is worth it though.
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I brought this little planner with me that I just bought yesterday.
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I'm just gonna sit here with my little coffee,
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listening to music, writing in my planner.
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I feel like this is so much more of a vibe than doing it at home.
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And this park I just found is so cute.
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Today I decided that I was going to spend the day running errands,
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specifically the ones I've been avoiding.
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I am planning on going to the gym at some point,
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so I am in my gym outfit.
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Right now I'm going to go get my eyebrows done.
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i believe i was born in the right generation
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because i don't know what i would do without tiktok like
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i love going on there to find new recipes i have
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this whole folder with a bunch a different recipe safe
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that I want to try and at least once a week I try something new.
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I kind of already dug into this but it's supposed to be a thick Greek yogurt bowl.
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I kept seeing people make this on my for you page and I ended up making my own version of it.
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It turned out so good.
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I basically had to strain some Greek yogurt a couple days ago.
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I left it in the fridge for around two days so the consistency of the yogurt is super thick.
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I highly recommend you try this.
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It's such an easy healthy snack to make from home.
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This like fully satisfies my cravings.
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I'm also just eating some mango.
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But anyways, this week I realized that I eat out way too often.
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The fact that it's almost every day now is kind of a problem.
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Like sometimes I will try to make the effort to try and cook more from home,
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but I need to try a little harder.
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So I'm officially banning myself.
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Starting today, no more eating out.
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So after I had hit the gym this day,
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I was craving a filling nutritious meal and I just couldn't resist getting myself something from Springbone.
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I have been so obsessed with this place.
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I also realized I had an appointment this day to go do a little hair blowout.
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I had gone to go check out the spot I had seen on TikTok.
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As you could probably tell by now, I am easily influenced.
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I had heard a lot of good reviews on this place.
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They basically do these $30 blowouts and they do such an amazing job.
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I'm so excited right now.
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I have been getting ready all day and preparing because I'm going to be going to a concert tonight,
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which is officially the most expensive purchase i've made all week
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i decided to get last minute tickets to go see the weekend
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which is my favorite artist by the way he's genuinely the only artist
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that i listen to on repeat like every single year he's always my number one artist
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and i've been dying to go to one of his concerts for years i think it cost me 200
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but i don't regret it because it's an experience
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when it comes to spending money on memories
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that i'll never forget i never see it as a waste
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especially with everything going on i'm always encouraging myself to live my life
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while i'm so young and just pushing myself to do things even
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if they're scary so i'm getting ready right now to go to this last minute concert alone
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which i've never done by the way
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but i have this huge bucket list of things
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that i want to try doing alone
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and going to a concert is one of them i am a little nervous but mostly excited
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i'm just gonna finish getting ready off camera and i'll see you when i'm there
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I'm so excited.
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so day five was one of those days where i didn't
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really do much like i literally just stayed in my apartment
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watched netflix did some deep cleaning just had a little reset
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which means i ended up spending zero dollars this day i didn't eat out i cooked all my meals from home
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so saturday morning i got to go to this cafe i've
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been really wanting to go check out they mostly serve tea
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and these really yummy looking desserts i had actually gone on a little date this day
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so of course i ended up spending zero dollars
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so i was about to start cooking dinner until i realized i was missing a bunch of ingredients
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so i just threw on a sweater
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and now i'm quickly walking to the grocery store they have peonies i didn't come for this
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but it's so rare to see them in stores i have to get one
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so this night i had been craving a steak
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so i had gone to the store i picked up some ingredients
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that i was missing as well as some flowers i've slowly been improving my recipe
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and i think it turned out pretty delish.
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Look at my creation.
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So as I've mentioned before,
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my recent obsession has been steak.
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Then earlier this week, I had made some mac and cheese
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that I kind of just added onto the side it looks
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so yummy i feel like every time i make it it gets juicier
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and juicier but okay let's dig in this is giving wife right now
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one of the most exciting parts about moving to new york is the way
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that there is
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so much to do here like i think it is actually impossible to get bored living here especially
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when you're new here i feel like every day is an adventure every time i go out there's
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so much to explore i constantly have this huge list of cafes
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and new food spots that I want to go try
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but the downside of this is that you end up spending
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so much money like basically just as much as when you're visiting
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and so sometimes the only way to get myself to not spend
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so much money is literally just trap myself in my apartment
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sometimes I'll literally go a couple days without leaving my apartment
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which is not a huge problem for me
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because I honestly love my apartment and I tell myself
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that I should be trying to enjoy the rent I'm paying like today I don't have too much planned Just this morning,
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I was planning and heading to a little market nearby and picking up some stuff for my cats.
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But other than that, today will be a boring day.
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And I'm going to try to make it my goal to not spend money on anything unless I absolutely have to.
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So this is the breakfast that I look forward to every morning.
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I've been making myself this pistachio matcha.
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Then i like to make myself either a yogurt
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or oatmeal bowl i like to come
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and just sit by my window with my cat
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and we just like to drive here this morning i was
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going to try out some of these new eye patches
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that were recently gifted to me they are rose gold illuminating eye masks
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so this was another one of those days where i didn't
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really end up spending much i had gone out on a
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walk i had stopped by a market to pick up some stuff for my cat this is me admiring some flowers
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Then I had an event this day,
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which was this ipsy gifting suite They were doing free manicures,
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which I was so grateful for because my nails had been so crusty all week They gave me a free matcha,
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which was now my second matcha of the day
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i got to try out a bunch of their new makeup products i met one of their makeup artists
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which was the sweetest she did the cutest little makeup look on me i was obsessed with this lip combo
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that she gave me like i was taking notes from her but that ended up being all that i did this day.
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I've been laying here in my bed trying to figure out how much I spend per week.
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I'm like writing down every expense I made,
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putting everything into different categories, and it's looking scary.
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Like somebody needs to come and take my credit card away from me.
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So this week, according to my calculations,
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it seems that I spent approximately $1,130.
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This is not including my rent by the way basically i added up all the money
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that i spend on food groceries eating out all of my
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subscriptions transportation bills i have like for my wi-fi phone gym other miscellaneous things like
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when i go shopping randomly i will say
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that my expenses do look very different every week i have become a lot less impulsive
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when it comes to spending my money
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because there used to be a point in time where i used to blow money on things like clothes
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which is super unnecessary like now If I spend a large amount of money on something,
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like I said earlier, it's usually on experiences because to me that seems a lot more worth it.
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Like recently, I don't really go shopping for clothes anymore unless I go thrifting or I'm looking for something specific.
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It does seem like I spend the most amount of money on food, like eating out.
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It seems like I spent $194 on food, $12 on subscriptions, $33 on transportation.
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So if you multiply these by four,
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transportation is like $133 a month.
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My bills came out to $57 dollars luckily my apartment doesn't have me pay for utilities
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but if you want to include my rent then the total comes closer to
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so anyways i am done with this video i hope you
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enjoyed this probably is my sign to leave new york just
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kidding i've honestly been having a lot of fun here i think it's been super worth it i will say
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that living here is super expensive
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but you know i had heard this quote somewhere someone said in your 20s move to an expensive city
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that you can't forward because it'll force you to figure it out
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and as you saw just looking at my expenses this week gave me
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so much anxiety like living in such an expensive city motivates me to get it together
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because this is not acceptable but it does make me
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so grateful though it's just so crazy to think
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that there was once a point in time back in like 2021
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when i was first starting my youtube channel
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and i got my first ever brand deal which was around 800
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and i remember literally crying because
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that was the biggest paycheck i had ever received in my life
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and it just makes me so happy that i've been able to turn something
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that i love doing into my full-time job a lot of
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you guys always ask me in the comments what i do for a living
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and it's literally just been youtube for the last years
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which is crazy to think about like yes
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that is how i've been able to do all the traveling
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and the crazy shopping videos
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and moving into my dream apartment it is all thanks to you guys i'm sending you all love
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and kisses feel free to go attack me in the comments
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for the amount of money i spend please like i know i need to chill out anyways that is all you
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