Is there a non video answer for those of us who prefer text?
Anyway. I remember talking about lifestyle inflation with a coworker a couple years ago. I said I could probably squeak by on $50k/year*. We were both guys living alone at the time.
He was like "how?? Like, you need at least $1000/month for food alone."
I said, what? How are you spending that much? I budgeted for $300 but I'd likely hit half that with some effort.
He was like "Well you go out to dinner, you buy drinks for your friends, it adds up"
"You don't go out for dinner that much when you're on a budget", I said. "Or buy rounds of drinks."
"Oh," he said. "I guess not, huh."
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I did have to make a rule in relationships to not discuss finances because it would cause me pain. Like one person in particular was a great person, but they never made a budget and were always in debt. And they'd be like "I'm going to go to California to visit friends for a week". Killing me. You don't have the money for that. Every dollar you spend on this enterprise is more like 2 because it's carried on credit card debt. But I learned to keep it to myself because no one wants unsolicited advice, and it is cruel for our system to deny people fundamentals like seeing friends and family while others have mega yachts.
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This is heavily predicated on me not having any outstanding debt, which is unusual I think. I never carried credit card debt, but my student loans were only a few hundred a month and I'm old enough they're paid off now. If I had $500/mo in debt I think $60k could squeeze by. It's possible I messed up my math, though.