>Live below your means, invest, have something on the side. It's a simple formula.

living below your means is so key...
investing, can be hard when you are broke, but living below your means can make it easier to begin
something on side, will stop you from losing you effing mind when ish don't go right at your primary job.
something on the side, will help keep your main gig in perspective as part of something bigger in your life instead of it being the point of your life

good advice.

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