<prompt> Human: I find myself getting over whelmed with i guess excitement every payday. Its not much around 50k a year but considering Ive been bringing home around 30k for a very long time its a big jump for me. Its pretty immature to wanna piss away most of your two week paycheck you got on Friday before the weekend is over lol. And im not talking about buying drugs, partying, going on vacations, more so fixing our cars, buying stuff for the apartment, ect. I seriously feel like I hit the lottery every pay period. I was accustomed to living on minimal money for so long but going back to that is a very difficult thought. I dont really know what Im asking maybe just advice on self control after obtaining a bigger salary than what youve been used to for so long...  <response>: There are going to be a lot of bi weekly paydays when youre not going to hit the lottery - specifically the last 30 years of your life or sooner, if one of many things goes wrong. For this reason, Id keep living on 30K, and save the rest. 