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  • How to Be a Baller on a Tight Budget

    We know you’re working with a budget, but you can still be a baller anyway.

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    You don鈥檛 have baller money to flaunt, but you鈥檙e tired of the mechanic life, these tips will help you live your dream while staying within your budget.

    It鈥檚 all in the mind

    Yes, we鈥檙e starting with a motivational speech. First of all, if you can dream it, you can achieve it. Look in the mirror, place your hand on your chest, and say out loud: 鈥淚 am a baller!鈥

    Make your budget

    Who鈥檙e you kidding? You鈥檙e obviously not a baller yet but you鈥檝e just passed stage one. Next, you need to draft out a budget so your baller lifestyle doesn鈥檛 carry you where you don鈥檛 know. These things cost money, you know.

    Dress the part

    This is where you鈥檒l need to get creative. Put on a choirmaster鈥檚 suit and combine it with the shoes you only reserve for the special Singles Connect service in church. Your drip may not be 100% but you鈥檒l please God as you ball. 

    Go to nice restauants鈥

    鈥nd buy the cheapest thing on the menu.. You鈥檙e working with a budget, remember? Don鈥檛 go and bite more than you can chew o. You鈥檒l wash plates.


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    Take some lit pictures

    It鈥檚 all about perception. Deep down, you know you鈥檙e a mechanic. But the rest of the world can鈥檛 know that. You need to take awesome pictures for the internet so everyone buys into your baller narrative.

    Hang around rich people 

    You might actually increase your chances of becoming a proper baller by hanging around rich people. But if you don鈥檛, at least you鈥檒l look the part when you take those lit pictures for October dump.

    Don鈥檛 lose focus

    The last thing you need is to be distracted. You don鈥檛 want to lose focus and start spending beyond your budget to maintain your baller status. If inflation starts making it too expensive, go back to being a mechanic.


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