Congrats! The trick is to not increase your spending, and take the excess and either save it or invest it. Remember: just because you can afford it, does not mean you need it. :)

In all seriousness though, congratulations on your life changing accomplishment. Keep up the great work!

Congrats and well done! Take some time to celebrate! (And then max out your 401k if you’re in the US and you haven’t already)

Instead of investment advice, I'll just say never forget how hard you had it, what it was like to get minimum wage, and remember there are always hard workers being paid less then you that also deserve a shot. You did the work, be proud of what you've achieved. But probably don't get into specifics with family, people get weird about money.

I don't have any advice. I just wanted to contribute a humble HELL YEAH BROTHER.

I'm what you might call a well wisher in that I don't wish you any specific harm

Congratulations you made it

You leave this post up then when you're feeling down look at the messages.

Hey nice! My father has always told me that his biggest regret was not maxing out what he was allowed to put into retirement. You don’t care when you’re young, but it makes a HUGE difference for the second half of your life!

Nice, but save your money. The best time to do that is now.

Congratulations! As someone who moved countries and started at the bottom ($6 per hour and 15 hours days) I know the feeling of looking back with disbelief. Sounds like you really earned it!

As one of those people who is struggling a bit: Never let the state of the rest of the world stop you from celebrating your own wins!

Congrats on the raise, that is really awesome. Remember to put a decent chunk into savings :D

Fuck yeah man, gg. I'll never forget the day I hit 6 figures and how proud I felt. Soak it in - you earned it!

Cheers bro, to each one of these six figures 🥃🥃🥃🥃🥃🥃

Congrats! Some unsolicited money advice I wish I had known earlier in my career:

If you have a mortgage and the interest rate is less than 7ish percent and you're wanting to pay it early, something to consider:

You might put whatever extra you were planning into a Roth IRA until it's maxed and also max out your 401k if your employment has that. Historical yield is 7ish% and compound interest will help you immensely 20-30 years down the line.

Paying off the house early is nice feeling but you can possibly refinance for lower rates later if it's currently similar to or higher than historical investment yields. You could also do a little bit of both but prioritizing retirement accounts is the smarter move imo. So if your mortgage rate is 5% and you want to pay that down, you're leaving 2% on the table by not putting it into either an IRA or an index fund instead.

This is assuming you're not carrying other debts at higher rates like credit cards, those should be your priority. Next would be 3 months of all bills saved up, you can find some decent interest rates on savings accounts. I have Acorns and it's at 5% so the 3 months reserves will stack interest for you too.

Congrats my friend! Happy for your success!

If I can pass along some advice, be careful with your newfound money. Try to live at or below your current means, and get more into saving and investing your extra income. Your future self will be extremely grateful.

Good luck bud!

Get that cheddar.

Congrats! Seeing your grind start to pay off is awesome

Now is a great time to re-visit your money management to adjust that retirement grind.

Yo! Congrats! Make sure to stay on top of your budget and don't let the extra income turn into extra expenses.

Congrats.

Was just in a thread about lifestyle inflation. https://www.investopedia.com/terms/l/lifestyle-inflation.asp is an explainer. Keep it in mind so you don't end up living 100k paycheck to 100k paycheck

Congratulations!

I went from earning $12 under the table to 6 figures in 5 years. It's a really major change. Once you have a year or two of that, and enough saved to survive basically any adversity, you realize how stressful your life was before.

Some unsolicited advice:

Budget. I've never been good at it, so this is my strategy:

1. I Keep two months' basic expenses in checking account. Food, gas, rent, phone, internet, insurance, loans.

2. At the end of the month I transfer the remaining money to 3 accounts: 1/4 to long-term savings (this was initially my 3-month emergency fund, but turned into something more blended with a 3-month reserve). 1/4 to short-term savings (travel, gifts, clothes, fun). 1/2 to investments (stocks, ETFs, etc).To start out, all the money went into the long-term account. Having 3-month's savings is the true key to both feeling safe and avoiding credit card debt.

That's it. Literally. If I transfer less money at the end of the month, I either overspent or had some annual "surprise," like auto registration, Prime bill, etc. If I transfer more, it was a successful month.

Congratulations! Since I already have a drink in hand I'll toast to your achievement!

I’ll line up to give you a high five on that! It’s a damn good feeling to hit that milestone. Great job!

Congrats 🎉👏!

It's a big hurdle to get over, especially if you come from a background of poverty.

Good job dude! I'm happy to hear a success story from anyone these days. I wish you the best in reaching your next milestone as well.

Congratulations!

Congrats! 🎉

Congratulations!! That's awesome!!

Welcome to the 100k club! Congratulations!

It's weird to feel like you're earning too much. It sounds like you are earning what Homer Simpson, Red Foreman, and Hank Hill all make. That is, enough to feed a family of four. They only had high school diplomas. Sure, they're fictional, but that story was real.

Yes you do have someone to share the news, the IRS :). (Assuming you are in the USA)

Seriously though congrats!

Congrats! I had that happen a few years ago, and it is a great feeling. Cherish it! You have worked hard and earned this!

Sit and bask in that feeling for a while, you literally earned it. Job fulfilment is a big one. We spend a very significant chunk of our time working so this is a major bucket list item to check off.

Looks like the hard work paid off. Congratulations!

Congratulations on crossing that milestone! I hope you have a good budget planned and are able to save for both retirement and for a bit of fun.

Congratulations!

Dude, I feel a lot of what you're saying. I spent years making awful wages at terrible jobs, then fell ass-backwards into a six-figure career. The whiplash is really hard going from thinking you'll die young and poor into having more than you know what to do with.

With that being said, I have advice to share if you're interested in such things:

• Six figures isn't rich, but it certainly is more than enough. After this point, finding even more money isn't really going to make you much happier, so start prioritizing other important gains you can make in your career (hours, day-to-day job satisfaction)
• Focus on improving emotional intelligence. You can afford stuff now, so you can no longer hide behind notions like "this stuff isn't for poor people like me" -- you need to find actual reasons to say no to things and that requires the skill of knowing why you want something.
• Lots of problems can be solved with money, but you have to be super careful about it or you'll just end up wrecking yourself! Feeling mixed up? Don't buy self-help books -- get therapy. Feeling lonely? Don't buy friends -- take some classes at the local community center. Feeling self-conscious? Don't get a face-lift -- hire a personal trainer and maybe a stylist.
• Money guilt is real and it's OK. Use that feeling to keep yourself down on Earth. Obviously look out for #1 first -- pay off bad debt, max out your 401k, set aside enough cash to max out your insurance deductibles and still live a few months without income -- once you've done that, dial back on the money hoarding. Be better than the assholes who kept you down: tip well, give back to the people who make the things you love, be charitable. Sharing is caring.