America’s Professional Elite: Wealthy, Successful and Miserable

Re:America’s Professional Elite: Wealthy, Successful and Mis... by rakejake on Thursday February 21, 2019 @07:58PM (#19222166)

Great comment. I'm still in school but I noticed how my lifestyle got slightly more expensive after I made some money through internships, or after I've been on vacation and enjoyed myself (and seen others enjoy themselves).

I used to think of myself as a very minimalist no-frivolous-spending kind of guy. I would do meticulous research on products to maximize the quality to price ratio (with strict upper bounds on price of course). Nowadays I just don't bother. I think you're right that the process is gradual. When a culture built around consumerism surrounds you, there is no choice but to become more consumerist.

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Re:America’s Professional Elite: Wealthy, Successful and Mis... by SZJX on Saturday February 23, 2019 @08:05AM (#19233170)

There are apparently people who are able to maintain a frugal, minimalist and prudent lifestyle even when they're very rich, seeing from various stories and anecdotes. But yeah the moral of a lot of stories we hear is always to remind people constantly about how they should not lose themselves after they get rich. Says exactly how hard it really is for a large portion of people then.

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