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[–] plz1@lemmy.world 17 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Man, that's tragic. I was poor most of my early life, and when I finally started to make enough money to be comfortable, I knew that the thing I couldn't do was fall into the lifestyle trap. Living well below my means saved me so much hardship when things weren't going well. I know that many don't ever get to the point of comfortable, though, and there's a bit of luck and effort, to that.

[–] techclothes@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I wish we could do that. Renting and buying houses today makes it incredibly difficult to live very far below your means.

[–] plz1@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Oh for sure. I had one good run with a company that went public. I leveraged that into long term investments rather than buying expensive stuff I didn't need.