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I remember a time when I finally got a few hundred dollars in savings. It meant I could write the rent check without counting the days until my next payday. A
by HumblyTossed 6y ago
I remember a time when I finally got a few hundred dollars in savings. It meant I could write the rent check without counting the days until my next payday.
A "measly few hundred dollars" means nothing to someone making 100K/year. It means everything to someone making 18K per year. Not least of which is the joy and comfort of knowing you actually have some savings.
- diag 6y agoBut how is that worth the sacrifice of not having pleasure in life? Media isn't some purely extraneous feature in life, it's far more important that you're suggesting.
- HumblyTossed 6y agoI didn't lack pleasure. I would play volleyball on the beach on Sundays with coworkers, I would borrow books from the library, I would go to parks and gardens. There was always OTA TV as well.