yeah, im trying that whole living below means thing. its tough. especially with looking at all the cool cars people have on CR and wanting them too.
so far, i have no car payments, enough savings to cover 6-8 months, hopefully have my house paid off in 13 years, and just started two retirement accounts (one TSP and one deferred comp). other stuff includes no cable tv and i started actually looking a coupons.
what makes it super easy for me is no wife and kids. i couldn't imagine doing it with any.