<prompt> Human: Im still in college right now, so I am curious as to at what age you guys stopped living paycheck to paycheck. What were the biggest changes that helped you do it?  <response>: 28 maybe? It took a long time. To be fair, I chose the starving artists lifestyle, which is freelance and always chasing the next gig and very hard to budget. As soon as I retired from the arts and got a full time job with regular paychecks, I was able to establish a strict enough budget and my income was steady enough that saving was a possibility. I still did side-gigs, and anything on the side was additional that could pad long-term funds. 