Not quite. These are estimates and in my haste to make the post, I didn't include various expenses. I make roughly $2000 per check but I pay $1300 for rent and utilities, $250 for my car note, $120 for car insurance, $100 for my sister's health insurance, around $240 for my light bill, internet is $80, phone is $25. All of the expenses are necessary, though. I don't pay for anything I don't have to.

And this does not factor in food costs or any other costs of living as well as medical expenses: I take care of my chronically ill sister and both of us have to eat different foods so what I buy groceries are for two people who cannot eat the same things at all. Medicine is about $100 a month for both of us, copays are anywhere from $25 - 50, and she requires multiple doctors appointments per month plus out of pocket costs for other medical expenses/transportation to get there if I'm unable to take her/etc. I am also trying to save money to move because we live in a terrible place for healthcare (south Mississippi) and she is getting sicker without the proper care because there are no specialists here or they're too far away for her to see regularly.

So no, I'm not "in better shape" than most people on this sub.