"Live within your means": a loaded phrase that seems to be biased in the favor of those more well-off? (transfer, millionaire)
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Maybe if you don't like the "means" that you have to work with, it would be a good idea to look at how you can improve yourself to increase your standard of living.
I don't see how complaining about rich people will make anyone's life better. However, spending less that what you bring in, saving, investing, looking for ways to improve yourself--how could that be bad?
I wouldn't expect anyone to be able to afford a $750,000 house. But you could go in with relatives or friends and buy a house you can afford. Then fix it up nights and weekends and sell it in a few years and buy a nicer one. But that would involve actual work and staying on a careful budget and--Oh, God--living within your means. Probably too hard. Easier to complain.
Why would you not expect that someone could afford a house for that price?
My entire neighborhood would generally disagree and I don't even live in the highest COL area in the US.
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One of the easiest ways to live within your means is to not read ads or watch ads on TV. Advertising is there to create demand for things you didn't know you wanted. Let's have a close up of pizza so you will spend $17 on a pizza, when you could have eaten a $3 casserole. Advertising teaches self-indulgence and irresponsibility.
I don't know. Pizza is pretty hard to resist. And yes, I put plenty of it on my credit cards, because I am stupid. At least I'm here, hopefully others can learn from my cautionary tale.
One of the easiest ways to live within your means is to not read ads or watch ads on TV. Advertising is there to create demand for things you didn't know you wanted. Let's have a close up of pizza so you will spend $17 on a pizza, when you could have eaten a $3 casserole. Advertising teaches self-indulgence and irresponsibility.
There isn't anything I didn't know I wanted. Used to work very close to a downtown shopping mall, so one day I decided to check it out on my lunch break. Walked through and decided there was NOTHING in that mall I wanted.
After rent (including a storage unit I'm renting) and debt service (including student loan payment), I have about $200 per month left for everything else.
I don't know. Pizza is pretty hard to resist. And yes, I put plenty of it on my credit cards, because I am stupid. At least I'm here, hopefully others can learn from my cautionary tale.
I don't think I've ever eaten a casserole! lol.
DIY is an important part of a frugal lifestyle. I make my own pizza.
One of the easiest ways to live within your means is to not read ads or watch ads on TV. Advertising is there to create demand for things you didn't know you wanted.
Yep. Got rid of the TV 25 years ago. Never miss it for a second. It's a mind-manipulation tool.
One of the easiest ways to live within your means is to not read ads or watch ads on TV. Advertising is there to create demand for things you didn't know you wanted. Let's have a close up of pizza so you will spend $17 on a pizza, when you could have eaten a $3 casserole. Advertising teaches self-indulgence and irresponsibility.
Agreed. The worst part about it is we vastly underestimate how much of an influence it really has on us. It's that way by design, of course.
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