Your first mistake is moving to California, I'm just saying. Fuckin' California will tax you to the moon. A million dollars is nothing. Like, literally nothing there. With a 49% tax rate, you're just getting fucked. Like, move to some, uh, any other state, honestly. Hell, even Illinois, and they're just as terrible. Or New York. Even Illinois or New York is better than fuckin' California, and that's saying a lot. And their tax rates are just as high.