I've never been so scared to check my bank account in my life, and it feels great.

I'm a 22 y/o female and I've been working full time at a software company for about 2 months. Now, I'm a pretty frugal girl, but I've never been good at budgeting and have spent a lot of time and money making avoidable mistakes, and never have enough spare change at the end of the month to do anything fun. Now, I'm a pretty frugal girl, but I've never been good at budgeting and have spent a lot of time and money making avoidable mistakes, and never have enough spare change at the end of the month to do anything fun. <br><br>I've been really putting a lot of effort into budgeting last few months and making better decisions about money, and today was my first paycheck to end the month (I was hired mid-month) and I'm so nervous to check my accounts to see how much spare change I have left - and that's because I'm expecting to have money left over.<br><br>I know this may not seem like a lot to some people, but I've worked my whole life to get to this point of being financially stress-free at the end of the month, and I'm so proud of myself. It's been really hard, and I've sacrificed a lot of time, but this is an amazing feeling. Never give up, because things can and do get better!<br><br>So, I'm about to go check and be happy, and then go have a good time with my friends.