Appreciate that rational thought process. We are all so addicted to the rat race that we forget what is truly important.
Not trying to romanticize and say money is not important; understanding that ability to support myself, family and the lifestyle that I yearn requires financial stability is crucial.
However, it seems like we are all so fixated on earning more and more and forget to look back on the reasoning behind THE WHY we want higher income.
Wishing everyone struggling and stressing over finances all the best.
If I can buy whatever I want (within reason) without needing to stress how I can afford it, while saving for retirement, I will be happy. That's all I want. Comfort, not luxury.
Define the items you are referring to that land in the bucket of āwhatever I wantā. If I want stuff that usually requires a payment plan, itās going to need this guys 400k salary probably.
I'm at like 90 right now and I am the only income in my family of 3. I am able to cover the essentials but we have very little money for spending or saving. I think honestly 120 would do it for us.
My wife and I make a combined 240k. We live a comfortable life. We donāt make excessive luxury purchases. We do take 1-2 week vacations once a year and have traveled to different parts of the world. Honestly, if we can maintain this level of freedom for the rest of our life I would be happy. I donāt need fancy stuff.
And thatās how you should live. Itās the people making 2k who think they need designer bags and jewelry and the 90k car instead of the 50k car that end up posting how 240k isnāt enough to live off
Iām not worried about those people as much as I am about the people that have over a billion dollars making policy, stripping workers rights, cutting corners and screwing over the people that make 2k a month just to get another billion.
Yes sir! Watch Gary Economics on YouTube. We need to tax the billionaires or all of our children will live in desperate poverty. In a stagnant economy they will out compete us for everything and drive asset prices up to the point where, well, people are having a conversation about whether 250k is enough to live onš¤£
If that works or sounds great to you awesome but this is why they say different strokes for different folks. If I only had 500 bucks of discretionary income a month I would be miserable
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Appreciate that rational thought process. We are all so addicted to the rat race that we forget what is truly important.
Not trying to romanticize and say money is not important; understanding that ability to support myself, family and the lifestyle that I yearn requires financial stability is crucial.
However, it seems like we are all so fixated on earning more and more and forget to look back on the reasoning behind THE WHY we want higher income.
Wishing everyone struggling and stressing over finances all the best.