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Being encouraged to invest is nice but having the ability to is a massive luxury. I knew I wanted to save a lot for my future and retirement since I was in hig
by dangus 1y ago
Being encouraged to invest is nice but having the ability to is a massive luxury.
I knew I wanted to save a lot for my future and retirement since I was in high school. I didn’t gain any reasonable ability to do so until much later.
A much better life skill in my opinion would be to teach about budgeting, how to cook economical meals, how to avoid debt traps and lifestyle inflation.
- ericyd 1y agoI'm always bummed when I comment on HN and then scroll down and find another comment which said it better.
- yaky 1y agoHN is a very specific and privileged demographic, very far from an average citizen. (of the US at least)
- encrypted_bird 1y agoNot the OC, but yeah I've noticed this myself actually. I read HN because I love science and technology, but I don't work in either area. I work at a dead-end job as a cashier and barely make ends meet. Some of the people on here are exceedingly privileged and really don't realize it.