I get paid every other Friday from my job at Slackers, and usually by the following Monday, I’m already broke. I don’t know how it happens or where all that money goes so quickly, but it’s become a real problem. I’m sure many other teenagers feel the same way I do. Things come up, things you just have to have, right? Well, for a week I experimented and found out what it would be like to resist all those impulses and not spend a dime of
my hard earned cash.

Surprisingly, it wasn’t so bad. I realized the only things I really need to buy are food and gas. The food I get at home, so I didn’t need to spend money on school lunch. The gas, on the other hand, was a little bit of an issue. I was pretty much driving on E for three days which is something I never do. I don’t think
my car liked that too much.

Nevertheless, by the end of the week, I had no complaints. And I think my bank account was happy as well.