For sure. Even Mr Money Mustache lives on around 24K per year. One of the problems with a focus on living cheap is that the rest of the world is still expensiv

For sure. Even Mr Money Mustache lives on around 24K per year. One of the problems with a focus on living cheap is that the rest of the world is still expensive. You can find ways to live super cheap, but medical is still outrageous. Traveling to an expensive city will still take a large chunk out of a small income. Your focus should be on increasing options. That's probably making more money. You can make a decision to go cheap on the fly, but substantially increasing your savings takes time. As you get older, this may become even more difficult.