Sarah Wells The author, Sarah Wells, and her boyfriend.
- My boyfriend and I share a one-bedroom apartment in Boston, one of the most expensive cities for renting in the United States.
- Together we make $55,000 a year - enough for rent, utilities, groceries, and other expenses.
- Take a look at how we live and what we spend money on each month.
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Seeking financial stability as an early twenty-something is no easy task.
For my boyfriend and me, it's only made harder by the fact that we have no set yearly salary or office to go to. We're both a year out of grad school and have the student loans to prove it. Now we have embarked on the exhilarating, albeit terrifying, career path of professional freelancing: He as a filmmaker and I as a journalist.
While balancing record paydays with dry, gig-free months has certainly given us growing pains, it has also helped us learn how to create a budget to fit around our irregular schedules.
Together, we manage to live off $55,000 in our Boston apartment - one of the most expensive cities in the United States.
Read on to take a look into our finances and see what we spend money on each month.