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minus-squareCowbee@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down2·1 year agoSave 15-25% of your income for retirement and future expenses, then spend the rest on whatever you want.
minus-squareshath [comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoif i saved that high of a percentage i would not be able to heat house and eat
minus-squareCowbee@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoYep, I can’t make it myself either. I just shoot for it when I can.
minus-squareTheCaconym [any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoHow do people not think of that, putting a quarter of your income away monthly, so obvious, I wonder why they don’t do it Also a “retirement” implies a functioning biosphere in which to retire, fat chance.
minus-squareCowbee@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-21 year agoI don’t think its easy, or reasonable. Part of my point is specifically that it’s unattainable for most.
minus-squareRodeo@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up11·1 year agoSpend 60% of your income on rent, then spend the rest on various other necessities and have nothing left over to save. Welcome to modern Western society.
minus-squareCowbee@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoUnfortunately. I can’t hit it either, trying my best.
minus-squaremeliaesc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoExcuse me sir, where is the crippling debt from not being able to afford any slight inconvenience?
minus-square7bicycles [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agogripping experiences such as: not being homeless, not starving
minus-squarefunkless_eck@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year agopay people enough to be able to first
Save 15-25% of your income for retirement and future expenses, then spend the rest on whatever you want.
if i saved that high of a percentage i would not be able to heat house and eat
Yep, I can’t make it myself either. I just shoot for it when I can.
How do people not think of that, putting a quarter of your income away monthly, so obvious, I wonder why they don’t do it
Also a “retirement” implies a functioning biosphere in which to retire, fat chance.
I don’t think its easy, or reasonable. Part of my point is specifically that it’s unattainable for most.
Ah, fair enough.
Spend 60% of your income on rent, then spend the rest on various other necessities and have nothing left over to save.
Welcome to modern Western society.
Unfortunately. I can’t hit it either, trying my best.
Excuse me sir, where is the crippling debt from not being able to afford any slight inconvenience?
gripping experiences such as: not being homeless, not starving
pay people enough to be able to first
Yes.