Your total monthly expenses. Include everything (Home, car, bills, groceries, restaurants, etc.)
This poll is as dumb as OP
Ok "spartan".
Starting off at 5k, only on blind
Seattle/Single/No Car/TransitUse $2000 Rent + Utilities $600 Food $200 Groceries $700 Rounding off for occasional costs like travel, buying new stuff Total $3500
$800 for food? What you eating buddy
$20 per day. $10-15 is average for food trucks in Seattle. $25-30 if you go to restaurants. Evening I mostly cook at home.
OP, I think you need a budget
Bout $8k. Mortgage, couple car payments, activities for kids, etc etc
Location?
3k in the Bay Area. 2 people no kids
$10k mortgage, couple of cars, two kids education day care, food etc
Location?
Home - $3000 (gf subsidy $1000) Food - $1500 Car - $800 Toys - $1500 Other - $1000 No kids, no real obligations. Used to spend less than $10k/year despite 6 figure income as a weird habit/belief so I kind of feel like a freshly rebelled religious fallout.
Kids daycare in the Bay Area is automatically $2K/month minimum.
This poll will be skewed because of different locations