Re:Money, Money, Money (and Investing) (2015)
by jddj on Saturday December 24, 2022 @09:39PM
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Can't help but feel like that last bit may have fallen off the wrong side of the subjectivity vs conviction chart.
If people want to live different they can. Plenty of people die in their 50s and 60s. Some earlier.
Re:Money, Money, Money (and Investing) (2015)
by xyzelement on Saturday December 24, 2022 @09:55PM
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If your plan is to live a short life and you are somehow going to not fail yourself on that plan, then I agree your saving strategy doesn't matter.
The fact is I see much more people who are too poor relative to their age living miserable lives because of that.
Re:Money, Money, Money (and Investing) (2015)
by sseagull on Saturday December 24, 2022 @09:30PM
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I see your point. Although I do call for some balance - don’t waste it all, but don’t be a packrat either.
> Like when you are in your 20s, living with roommates (even if you can afford not to) is fine and could be fun, and you can just enjoy friends coming over for beers vs more expensive outings etc.
Fair. I’ll just say we have different definitions of fun :) (nothing against what you said, people enjoy different things. I am actually jealous of people who find that stuff fun).
Like when you are in your 20s, living with roommates (even if you can afford not to) is fine and could be fun, and you can just enjoy friends coming over for beers vs more expensive outings etc.
And if you save enough, you have the "dry powder" to buy that house or whatever when time comes.
On the flip side, if you don't save when you are young, and you can't afford shit when you are older - it gets not cute really fast. Like being 40 and not having a house because you never got your shit together for a down payment (because you lived it up the prior 2 decades) is pathetic.