Still, day to day living expenses are in the eye of the beholder. Once you get to that point, you do miss little comforts in life like being able to eat endangered penguin pate or rent a sub party at mariana trench. It is harder to justify that expense when you just had your salary adjusted. Not impossible. Just harder.

<< And he’s presumably back to making normal salary within a year.

I am tempted to set myself a reminder to check, but I don't think you are wrong by saying that.