<prompt> Human: Both the same age, our son is 2 and we take home about 2200-2300 monthly. We pay about 6-700 in rent because we live with her parents. Im in school right now taking 2 classes a semester and just just got done with my first semester. Im aiming for nursing so I can get my career on track and make more so she can go to school as well and make money a little bit easier. However we dont have a lot saved up. But only because we buy things we think we need being food, clothes, going out to eat. Etc. Anyone else ever stuck in a similar boat and got out of it? We get at least 1 paycheck every week. Its just we always find an excuse to make ourselves think we need something that we believe will make life easier. Tips? Lol TIA  <response>: I cant give you any advice since Im still learning myself. But I wanted to say that going out to eat isnt a need, its a luxury. A very very expensive luxury at that. Youll find you will save a lot of money you can limit that to once a month or every two weeks as something to look forward to. Once I stopped eating out I found an extra 300 or so each month that I had been wasting. 5 here 10 there on fast food really added up. I made a budget, a grocery list, a fun budget and stuck to it and Ive found myself doing a lot better moneywise. Looking at my accounts and seeing my savings grow is really fun now. As the amount grows I feel less money stress sitting on my shoulders.Since you get 1 paycheck a week why not do an experiment? For 2 weeks try to only buy necessities. Keep track of what you spent your money on and why. Make your grocery list and stick to it, at the end of the 2 weeks plan a meal out. A cheap meal out. Like a 2 for 20 applebees or something. See how much you can save in those 2 weeks. I did a month like this, only buying what I absolutely needed. It was tough. But at the end of the month I saw how much I had saved by not buying that 3 lipstick that I didnt need every time I strolled through the drug store. It was really eye opening. After that month I added a few things back in that werent expensive but boosted my mental health. Like a 10 bookstore splurge every month. Otherwise Ive stuck with it and in the last two months Ive saved more than I thought I could and paid more towards my debt than before.You can do it! Youll be shocked where all your money is going towards. 