I don’t get how people are able to save money.
Like, I get paid pretty well, and even if there is something left over after bills, random shit always pops up.
Even putting away like $5 or $10 per paycheck is unrealistic sometimes.
life has taught me that the definition of pretty well that most people have is FAR BELOW what it actually is.
to put it into perspective: it’s common for a software engineer with 20 years of experience to make $210k/year and that’s what most people’s wages would be if pay had kept up with the cost of living (ie real estate) since the 1950’s.
if you’re not close to this, then you’re not getting paid pretty well; you’re being exploited.
With respect, and without having specific numbers, if you get paid “pretty well” but cannot put away ten dollars per pay period then I fear you may not be spending within your means.
I don’t get how people are able to save money. Like, I get paid pretty well, and even if there is something left over after bills, random shit always pops up.
Even putting away like $5 or $10 per paycheck is unrealistic sometimes.
The trick, disappointingly, is to make so much more than you regularly need to spend that even the unexpected shit stops being noticable.
Like, the kind of scenario where your regular expenses are <50% of your post-tax income.
life has taught me that the definition of pretty well that most people have is FAR BELOW what it actually is.
to put it into perspective: it’s common for a software engineer with 20 years of experience to make $210k/year and that’s what most people’s wages would be if pay had kept up with the cost of living (ie real estate) since the 1950’s.
if you’re not close to this, then you’re not getting paid pretty well; you’re being exploited.
With respect, and without having specific numbers, if you get paid “pretty well” but cannot put away ten dollars per pay period then I fear you may not be spending within your means.