I save very close or more than 2/3 of my current salary.
I own my car, I bought it in cash. Where I live I need it (I already tried the whole Vespa thing, I lasted one winter and was exhausted).
I don't have a mortgage. I sold my house.
I rent. I don't want the baggage a house brings (time, maintenance, stuck in one place). My rent is ~ half of my old mortgage which was not that much and in a much more enjoyable community (behind campus and about 2 min walk from the video store, coffee shops, and grocery store).
I only buy what I truly believe I will hang on to and be happy or content with.
Why do I do this? I don't know, maybe to retire early. Maybe do the whole start up thing someday.
However, I think it's mostly because it's comfortable for me. I don't feel comfortable in one place and like the ability to just throw everything in my car and go. I don't like things that hold me back or slow me down.
Edit: this is after taxes and whatever else they take off. I'm going by what my paycheck says.
I own my car, I bought it in cash. Where I live I need it (I already tried the whole Vespa thing, I lasted one winter and was exhausted).
I don't have a mortgage. I sold my house.
I rent. I don't want the baggage a house brings (time, maintenance, stuck in one place). My rent is ~ half of my old mortgage which was not that much and in a much more enjoyable community (behind campus and about 2 min walk from the video store, coffee shops, and grocery store).
I only buy what I truly believe I will hang on to and be happy or content with.
Why do I do this? I don't know, maybe to retire early. Maybe do the whole start up thing someday.
However, I think it's mostly because it's comfortable for me. I don't feel comfortable in one place and like the ability to just throw everything in my car and go. I don't like things that hold me back or slow me down.
Edit: this is after taxes and whatever else they take off. I'm going by what my paycheck says.