SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml to Wikipedia@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 个月前Lifestyle Creep (anyone know how to avoid this?)en.m.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square36linkfedilinkarrow-up158arrow-down11
arrow-up157arrow-down1external-linkLifestyle Creep (anyone know how to avoid this?)en.m.wikipedia.orgSubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml to Wikipedia@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 个月前message-square36linkfedilink
minus-squareclucose@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·10 个月前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.
minus-squarekryptonidaslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down2·10 个月前That 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-up3arrow-down1·10 个月前That’s true if you were just keeping savings in a non-interest bearing account. Stock market returns, however, have outpaced house prices.
minus-squareyetiftw@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 个月前ah but slightly nicer groceries would
minus-squareriodoro1@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down3·10 个月前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?
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.
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?