Aye. In the 2010s, I had extra money for hobbies, socializing, and saving. Car insurance has gone up about 10x, though, power about double, my mortgage is about what my old place now rents for, and what little I have extra is going into prepping against more inflation and possibly lockdowns again. I expected to settle into my house, and then work on saving, again, but the funds just aren't there, even though I'm making about 2.5x what I did 10 years ago, and have barely changedy standard of living.
It's crazy, and it happened too fast to financially adapt, even seeing it coming. I was just getting back on my feet from 2008, on the mid 2010s...
Aye. In the 2010s, I had extra money for hobbies, socializing, and saving. Car insurance has gone up about 10x, though, power about double, my mortgage is about what my old place now rents for, and what little I have extra is going into prepping against more inflation and possibly lockdowns again. I expected to settle into my house, and then work on saving, again, but the funds just aren't there, even though I'm making about 2.5x what I did 10 years ago, and have barely changedy standard of living.
It's crazy, and it happened too fast to financially adapt, even seeing it coming. I was just getting back on my feet from 2008, on the mid 2010s...