SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml to Wikipedia@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoLifestyle Creep (anyone know how to avoid this?)en.m.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up113arrow-down10
arrow-up113arrow-down1external-linkLifestyle Creep (anyone know how to avoid this?)en.m.wikipedia.orgSubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml to Wikipedia@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square19fedilink
minus-squareriodoro1@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·3 months agoAnd then what? You die with a lot of savings? What are you saving for?
minus-squareclucose@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoSplurging won’t make you happy in the longterm. Saving and buying your own home might. That’s why you want to save money, to have options available.
minus-squarekryptonidas@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·3 months agoThat would be great if the prices of houses didn’t rise faster than it is possible to save for the majority of people.
minus-squareyetiftw@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoah but slightly nicer groceries would
minus-squareriodoro1@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·3 months agoBut they make them more and more expensive every year. What’s the point of chasing a carrot if it’s attached to your head?
minus-squareMilk_Sheikh@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoNo, you get off the wage:spend treadmill and enjoy your life before you’re old and living with constant medical issues and tethered to care facilities.
minus-squareRedfugee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoSave so you don’t end up working your whole life. Was that not obvious?
And then what? You die with a lot of savings? What are you saving for?
Splurging won’t make you happy in the longterm. Saving and buying your own home might. That’s why you want to save money, to have options available.
That would be great if the prices of houses didn’t rise faster than it is possible to save for the majority of people.
ah but slightly nicer groceries would
But they make them more and more expensive every year. What’s the point of chasing a carrot if it’s attached to your head?
No, you get off the wage:spend treadmill and enjoy your life before you’re old and living with constant medical issues and tethered to care facilities.
Save so you don’t end up working your whole life. Was that not obvious?