The quality of my life has not improved over the course of my adulthood. It was for a while then stalled and now I'm seeing reductions. Like for instance, it us

The quality of my life has not improved over the course of my adulthood. It was for a while then stalled and now I'm seeing reductions. Like for instance, it used to be that I could go out with dinner at restaurant now and again without having to think about the cost and its impact on my monthly budget. Now I have to ration that kind of activity. I was considering moving to a larger house, but that's fiscally impossible now. I used to take actual vacations on a plane to places - also now off the table. This may seem like whining because I have a place to live and can buy groceries and pay bills. But that's it. I am seeing objective losses in my options because my income is well below inflation (both real and reported). My personal quality of life is decreasing. That is the metric I'm using.