A part of growing up is realizing how much effort it took for your parents to raise you… because everything and anything costs. In this video I break down a rough, week-by-week average of what it costs me to live in Sydney at 21, after being moved out for about six months. I’m about 30 minutes from the CBD in a two-bedroom apartment with my girlfriend, and I go through the big categories: rent, utilities, groceries, shopping, subscriptions/services, eating out, and car costs. Rent is the obvious monster—$800 a week, plus around $50 a week for electricity, gas, and internet. Groceries are next (about $169/week), and we try to meal prep and shop in bulk to keep it sane. Then there’s the “fun but also necessary” stuff—my purchasing power has definitely diminished since moving out, and I’ve become weirdly obsessed with furnishing the apartment, which averages around $117/week (things like toilet paper that don’t count as groceries). I also tally up monthly services like Amazon, Netflix, gym, Spotify, and Costco (around $57/week). I talk about how eating out feels convenient after cooking and cleaning for an hour just to finish a meal in five minutes—but with the cost of living right now, we keep it minimal (about $50/week). For the car, I’m lucky to drive my parents’ Toyota Camry, so it’s mostly maintenance (about $32.50/week). Overall: this isn’t an exact guideline, just a realistic baseline to help you budget without getting blindsided.