I work full time and make decent money.
I’ve paid off my student loans and have very little debt.
I don’t take lavish vacations (hell I barely take any vacations that don’t involve staying with family). I don’t have a fancy car. I don’t eat out often. I don’t shop.
Lately I’ve started this thing where I don’t spend money unless it’s bills or absolutely necessary. “That should do the trick, i should have no problem stockpiling money now” I said to myself.
Hah. Joke is on me.
I am still struggling to save money at the rate I feel I should be.
And It’s the damn cost of living.
Just to be alive, feeding oneself, housing oneself, and means of transportation to and from work.
This is insanity. I’m living this minimalist lifestyle and it’s barely making a difference. My savings is trickling up instead of stacking up.
How can anyone not get seriously depressed at this rate? I barely do any activities that I enjoy because those cost money. I have bare bones tv bc all the different streaming services cost money.
Books have been my main escape. Renting books and movies from the local library are my main entertainment.
It will be years of living like this before I’m financially where I want to be. And by then I’ll be that much older.
What kind of life is this? How can anyone living an average life pursue their passions and dreams like this? Hobbies? They better not cost money. Further education? Not unless you want to put yourself back in the hole. You better be satisfied just maintaining.
I look around and see so many people keeping their head down doing the same thing and I’m wondering how TF they haven’t snapped by now. How they haven’t gone crazy…had a mental breakdown.
Everyday I’m just that much closer to barely hanging on thinking about having to do this for years.
I am literally shoveling sh*t against the tide just to stay afloat.
Can anyone relate?