How I Budget My $20,000 Paycheck as a Lawyer in NYC #shorts

Added: 2026-06-01

[00:00:00]It's the start of the month. Today [music] is Sunday, and as a lawyer in New York, $20,000 just hit my account.

[00:00:05]Let's see where it all disappears.

[00:00:07]$2,600 [music] goes for my apartment in Manhattan, $100 for utilities, $960 [music] for my downtown parking spot, $530 for cigarette subscription, and 600 bucks [music] for a trash bill. Can you imagine? Then come the lifestyle costs.

[00:00:23]$1,400 [music] on late-night dinners and takeout between cases, $1,200 on new blazers, heels, and handbags, $700 on Ubers, $320 on Pilates ebook, and about $1,700 every month on hair, lashes, and all the things that keep me looking court-ready.

[00:00:41]Oh, and nearly $1,100 on dating. Let's call [music] that emotional research.

[00:00:46]Finally, savings. $50 into emergencies, 2,000 [music] toward a future home, 800 for liposuction. Technically, that's future investment, and [music] $500 for electricity back payment. Whatever's left just goes right back into savings because [music] if I see it, I'll spend it. Once everything is planned, I log every single expense [music] from emergencies to my cigarettes, and that's the only reason I'm still standing in court and not in debt. If you're also stretching every dollar just to get by, comment budget, and [music] I'll send you the exact free template I use.