I was lucky to be born at the right time, self-employed directly outta school in the booming IT-market.
That and no desire to live large. I’m a simple and horribly cheap ass.
So no big secret, just luck and a passion for my hobby at the right time. It was also work, but…different.
Hehe, yeah exactly that.
What I observed in the last 40yrs is that the more people earn, the more they spend. Mostly just to show off how not-poor they are to people they don’t really care about.
Got a raise of 1000,-? And 1005,- were pushed to “life-style”. Never really got it. If you have what you need, why more?
If I would raise an empty cup in the streets, people would probably throw cash in it :-)
I mean, enjoy life as much as possible, but you don’t need to do that in a poser-car, poser-house or by buying fancy poser-clothes (which still are made with slave-labour). I do spend a lot in my hobbies, i admit that. But I’m not going nuts here and it’s my passion…
To be fair, growing up nowadays and drowning in stupid social media that 24/7 tells you how poor you are, no matter how rich you actually are, probably leaves a mark.
I was lucky to be born at the right time, self-employed directly outta school in the booming IT-market. That and no desire to live large. I’m a simple and horribly cheap ass. So no big secret, just luck and a passion for my hobby at the right time. It was also work, but…different.
I haven’t retired, but I’m going to get there by 50-ish due to living small.
I’m in IT, make good money. All my peers get new flashy cars every 3 years; mine is going on 14 years.
My peers need a 2500sq ft for their family of 3 - we’re comfortable in under 800.
They’ll be working until they’re 70 at this rate…
Hehe, yeah exactly that. What I observed in the last 40yrs is that the more people earn, the more they spend. Mostly just to show off how not-poor they are to people they don’t really care about. Got a raise of 1000,-? And 1005,- were pushed to “life-style”. Never really got it. If you have what you need, why more?
If I would raise an empty cup in the streets, people would probably throw cash in it :-)
I mean, enjoy life as much as possible, but you don’t need to do that in a poser-car, poser-house or by buying fancy poser-clothes (which still are made with slave-labour). I do spend a lot in my hobbies, i admit that. But I’m not going nuts here and it’s my passion…
To be fair, growing up nowadays and drowning in stupid social media that 24/7 tells you how poor you are, no matter how rich you actually are, probably leaves a mark.
Oh yeah, our hobbies are well funded! Otherwise, we have what we need and are happy. What else could you want.
The trend is having a fourth car, so there’s your goal :-)