SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml to Wikipedia@lemmy.worldEnglish · 18 days agoLifestyle Creep (anyone know how to avoid this?)en.m.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square33fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkLifestyle Creep (anyone know how to avoid this?)en.m.wikipedia.orgSubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml to Wikipedia@lemmy.worldEnglish · 18 days agomessage-square33fedilink
minus-squareclucose@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·18 days 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-up0·18 days 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-squareRedfugee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·18 days agoThat’s true if you were just keeping savings in a non-interest bearing account. Stock market returns, however, have outpaced house prices.
minus-squareriodoro1@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·18 days 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-squareyetiftw@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·18 days agoah but slightly nicer groceries would
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.
That’s true if you were just keeping savings in a non-interest bearing account. Stock market returns, however, have outpaced house prices.
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?
ah but slightly nicer groceries would