I've had a job for over four years, and yet, my bank account doesn't quite show that I've even worked a day in my life. No matter how hard I try and save money, it doesn't work out in the long run. The money I earn somehow ends up disappearing slowly but surely.

The following list describes the stages my bank account goes through by GIFs from the FOX television show, That 70's Show.

1. Waking up in the morning and checking your bank account to see you got paid

2. Now that you have money, you know that you need to save it no matter how much you want to spend it right away

3. Finding something really nice in a store, but refusing to buy it because you still need to save your money

4. Thinking you're just going to treat yourself to that ONE thing, and only that one thing

5. Continuing to shop and repeatedly telling yourself you're just going to buy one more thing because you suddenly need it and can't live without it

6. Finding any excuse at all to spend your newly-earned money and then telling yourself it's a good excuse

7. Going out to eat with your friends and hating yourself every minute while eating because it's money that you could've saved

8. Checking your bank account and seeing you have under $100 yet again

9. Trying to avoid everyone for the next few days before pay day so you don't have to spend more money

10. Sitting at home the day before pay day going crazy because you haven't gone out to do anything

11. Waking up, once again, to see that you finally have money in your account