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I had to take a salary, because I am 32 yr old experienced nurse and have monthly fixed costs that I can't get away from.

I'm not criticizing you for taking a salary. I take a nice one. I'm just saying, you're not working on "2 people in a garage" terms.

Well, my monthly outgoing are $2000 a month, so it kinda feels garagelike to me.

$3000 income - $2000 outgoing is more College like than garagelike, thats $250 free money a week (lots of ramen noodles)

$2400 (after taxes, see OP) - $2000 is more like $100 a week.