In my experience, if you know a few people who are doing the same thing, that’s a sign of a trend. Jeff Bezos has this great quote: When the data and the anecd

In my experience, if you know a few people who are doing the same thing, that’s a sign of a trend. Jeff Bezos has this great quote: When the data and the anecdotes disagree, the anecdotes are usually right. I’ve also found that to be true. The people you know are different from the average person, but they’re not that different. On the other hand economic surveys and such can be very slow to respond to big changes.