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Euripides posted...

Now, 25 years later, we're very comfortable. We own our house, we have insurance, we're putting our kid through college, we go out to eat once or twice a week, go on a vacation every year, etc. It doesn't feel "rich" compared to people in million dollar houses and BMW's, but we're doing better than a lot of people

I fully understand why people can feel this way. Especially when you get to the point where you're maxing out your 401ks and you're saving like 20k+ a year, but because it gets taken out pre-paycheck, people don't really internalize that they're saving tens of thousands a year. Then lifestyle creep stuff happens, etc. then you have friends who have even more wealthy, so comparison becomes the thief of joy.

It's just important to try to internalize how good you actually are doing....

But yeah, the people in the article need to touch grass.

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