How dare we want to… checks notes … Eat food and experience some of life before we MAYBE live until we are 70
Had a conversation with my friend the other day about this. Why should I be putting away 20% or more of my income and make myself miserable for the years when I’m healthy and fit, just for the chance of being able to be financially comfortable when I’m old?
Our bodies are full of microplastics. The earth is getting hotter than ever year after year. Right-wing authortianism is on the rise across the globe. This isn’t a cry for help, but I genuinely don’t plan on living that long.
If I expected to have a future I’d probably save for it, but I’ll never afford a house, be able to raise a family, and will spend my last years working until I’m 90 paying some landparasite most of my pay check.
Might as well enjoy what time I have and go out guns blazing in my 60s.
I hate the rhetoric of including groceries and vacations as if they’re the same. People don’t ‘waste money’ on food. They buy food because you need it to live
When I was making about $1400 a month I made a spreadsheet with prices of staple foods from four grocery stores in my area and went to all four on a regular basis to get the best price on each thing. Now that I make substantially more than that I “waste” about $400-$500 per month by only going to one store and buying everything I need. I still feel guilty about it sometimes.
“groceries and vacations”
I was just talking about this. The amount I spend on groceries for a small family is insane. It has doubled in less than five years. My income has not.