Agreed...
If you are one paycheck away from disaster you have far worse problems than just waiting for the pink slip. You're going to lose your house the first time that car breaks down and you have to choose transportation to earn that check versus the rent / mortgage payment.
Bottom line it is not what you make it is what you are spending. Do this: Get your check and automatically take 5 or 10 percent off the top and stuff it away in a money market account. You can't transfer money out of it online you have to go into the bank to do it (a little safer than a savings account you can easily raid with the click of a mouse).
That money is now gone. You didn't get a pink slip but you did just get a pay cut. Live with it, get over it. You know what? It's gonna suck for a short period, but you will adjust. You will find a way to live with it. Best of all, in very little time that money is going to amount to something big. And your stress of living paycheck to paycheck is going to leave. More importantly, you're going to have more confidence in yourself and you will be better prepared for those curveballs life like to pitch.
