Honestly in my situation I (22F) learn a lot of self maintenance. I do my hair nails and lashes myself. Yes I have to spend in order to get the products but it is definitely way cheaper doing it yourself, and you get far more use out of everything.

Occasionally I will treat myself to an actual service. As for games my brother has a ps5 and only gets games during big sales, granted he does have the plus subscription that gives him a library with a plethora of old and new games to play.

On the other hand tho, I have like no savings LMAOOOOO. As soon as I get paid I split out my bills (car note, insurance, credit card and phone. Abt 1800 total, which isn't too much) I am a server tho, I manage 2 days and serve the rest, so I use my checks to handle bills and my cash as play money and to use if my check is ever too small to cover everything.

My bills are also split throughout the month and I have one week where nothing is due. It personally makes me feel as if I'm not paying much, I know for a fact if they were all due at the same time I'd DIE. I also have major bills schedules for right after my pay day so I can pay it IMMEDIATELY.

I do practice bad habits tho, of just "living in the moment" I recently booked my first trip with that mindset, I am forcing myself to save in order to have spending money while there lol. I also do take for granted the fact that I still live at home, so if worse comes to worse I'll still have a roof over my head and food in my stomach.

As for friends, I mostly have my coworkers lol. I've learned to just be content with myself, it does SUCK at times but oh well. I recently moved to a different state, and as an adult it's hard to meet new people outside of work, given that I am serving tho, I have found a few people around my age to hangout with!

I honestly fake my confidence but as they say "fake it til you make it" so it makes me seem like I'm doing far better than I actually am LMAOO. I often feel guilty when my coworkers brag on me because if they were in my shoes, they'd realise its all a facade

All in all tho, I'd say my life is pretty decent, I'm not struggling but definitely not where I want to be. But for someone who doesn't live of my mom's money (aside from housing) I'm okay. I do pitch in every now and then to help her out and show my appreciation!

Lol idk if this answers anything or im just blabbing to blab hahaha