<prompt> Human: This is a little philosophical, I know. But I always see posts on here where people are making 5k, 7k, 10k per month and are asking how to budget and wondering where their money is going. Its mind blowing that people can spend that much money. There was a time in my life, not too long ago, that me, my wife and 2 kids were living on 1,400month and I was working my ass off for it. One day, I realized we had 0 on the bank when we overdrew and thats when being poor really hit me. After years of hard work, Im breaking out of retail and heading in a self-employed direction and our financial prospects are looking up and now we are finally financially comfortable.Its just brought me to a realization that being so poor for so long taught me a lot about managing money and how to use it properly. I view money much differently now and budgeting is no longer intimidating or scary.Kanye had right Having money aint everything, but not having it is. Learning from being poor taught me so much about financial responsibility. In 2015 I made 3x more than in 2014 and we have a years worth of expenses in the bank. We avoided lifestyle inflation and Ive become a master budgeter. It feels great and I couldve never done if I hadnt of been poor and learned from that.Just wanted to share.  <response>: Spending time being broke is good for people, if they are the kind that learns from their experiences. 