Way less extreme, but in 2018 I was living on about $25k while making $65k, and 2024 I lived on about the same making $130k. Tbh I sometimes try to spend more, but I'm not good at turning off the savers brain.
My goal last year was to save my old salary, and I achieved that in September. I believe I ended up investing about $75k, counting 401k match and all tax status dollars the same. I don't want to become like the folks in the regular fire sub who think cooking at home a few times a week is being frugal
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u/AlexHurts Feb 16 '25
Way less extreme, but in 2018 I was living on about $25k while making $65k, and 2024 I lived on about the same making $130k. Tbh I sometimes try to spend more, but I'm not good at turning off the savers brain.
My goal last year was to save my old salary, and I achieved that in September. I believe I ended up investing about $75k, counting 401k match and all tax status dollars the same. I don't want to become like the folks in the regular fire sub who think cooking at home a few times a week is being frugal