No, I limited my take home pay and did the best I could with I had to work with. I didn’t miss the 18% because I never even really saw it. Even then at the time, the amount wasn’t huge, it took many a decade to get over the first 150k. I didn’t go in vacations, I didn’t go to bars, or buy a motorcycle, or start hobbies that cost more than they brought in. I stayed at home a lot with my cats and smoked weed.
And yes, it’s all linked to the markets, so it doesn’t really mean shit. My net worth could drop 80% in a day, and all I’ll get is a pat on the back and a canned statement about market volatility. People with stupid amounts of money will get bailed out.
And judging by the number of down votes my initial comment got I feel like a lot of you don’t realize that the people who play the game well and still fucking hate it are the best allies you’re going to get.
So you did make enough to be able to save as much. And the 401k value is linked to financial market health, isn’t it?
No, I limited my take home pay and did the best I could with I had to work with. I didn’t miss the 18% because I never even really saw it. Even then at the time, the amount wasn’t huge, it took many a decade to get over the first 150k. I didn’t go in vacations, I didn’t go to bars, or buy a motorcycle, or start hobbies that cost more than they brought in. I stayed at home a lot with my cats and smoked weed.
And yes, it’s all linked to the markets, so it doesn’t really mean shit. My net worth could drop 80% in a day, and all I’ll get is a pat on the back and a canned statement about market volatility. People with stupid amounts of money will get bailed out.
And judging by the number of down votes my initial comment got I feel like a lot of you don’t realize that the people who play the game well and still fucking hate it are the best allies you’re going to get.