Yes, I think everybody suffers from this - it's called "life."
I guess the problem with this can be if this $1500-2000 was going to go towards investments/the future.
If you find yourself here, I think having your investment money automatically withdrawn to forget about it is the best.
That was my family's biggest problem during our early 30's.
When I was 28 to 31, I had my investments automatically withdrawn - from age 31 to 38, we would sort of send some money in when the emergency fund wasn't touched. I guess as our family grew, it just seemed like we were squeezed more. Some years, we sent nothing or just $1000.
Luckily, I started relatively early on investing and got some compounding on my side but now, I am back to setting up automatic withdrawals.
Life is weird and "as together" we all can sound sometimes, I think we all end up with ironic results. For instance, as risky as I am, I have somehow ended up with the majority of my net worth in my house at this time in my life, for better, for worse.
I always say I don't know how I ended up here but there are far worse places to be in.
I'm glad you've been able to cover the emergencies.
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