<prompt> Human: This a continuation of Triumphant Thursday Instead of posting individual threads for triumphant stories of how youve reached a certain net worth, paid off a loan, or other sort of bragging, lets consolidate them into one weekly thread!Make a top-level comment if you want to brag about something regarding your personal finances!  <response>: made a throwaway for thisI have made a concerted effort to appreciate my great financial position on a regular basis and not take this comfort for granted. Hard work, dedication to responsible habits, and some good choices and maybe a bit of luck got us to where we are.- We moved from an expensive city with limited job options to a cheap city with better prospects. Salaries went up to a combined low six-figure number.- Our PITI payment for our house is 15 of our take-home pay. We earn a combined 7,000 per month after taxesinsurance401k and our mortgage payment is 1,035. Not being house-poor is extremely liberating.- We are saving 2,000 per month into our e-fund and future-house-down-payment fund. Were almost up to 6 months worth of savings there.- We are saving the entirety of one salary and living off of the other. That is a very secure feeling, and should one of us lose their job we would be ok.- We have 1,500 of do whatever the hell we feel like money each month.- We pay off almost all of our credit cards each month. The exception is the 0 card that we opened to buy a new laptop through Apple.Its easy to remember what it felt like to have a credit card balance that just wouldnt go away, to feel like our apartments rent was just too much for us, and that we werent getting ahead. It was tough moving out of a cool city to a relatively dull one but at this point in our lives it was totally worth it. Financial stress just lingers and never goes away when youre in a bad spot, but if you manage to dig yourself out its like watching a storm clear out and disappear over the horizon-- its such a relief. 