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First of all, THANK YOU /r/personalfinance!!

I started my first full time job out of college last summer, and didn't save *anything* for the first 5 months I was there. Had a $1500 car repair after an accident last October and it was a nightmare paying for it. Despite my good salary, I was nearly paycheck to paycheck and I needed that $1500 to use over the next 3 weeks. I was "catching up" for a while after that doozy.

After reading PR for a while, I realized I had to get my shit together and create an emergency savings, despite my aunt insisting I should prioritize my student loans over saving.

I've been saving since then, and this time around $1700 hurts (like seriously I need to replace that many parts!??), and reaching my emergency fund goal of $10000 is going to be set back a few more months (I was so close!) ... But oddly enough I'm actually a little stoked because I did things right this time and this repair isn't going devastate me for weeks!
<bot>: if you don't think having a savings is important, you too need to get your shit together and do your future self a major favor!