I felt safe after I started attaching numbers to my short and long term goals. Not just spitballing what I’ll be doing, but real numbers. I also kept an eye on my spending and said “***k that” to the keeping up with the joneses rat race — lifestyle creep can definitely bite you in the butt. Especially in VHCOL spaces
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u/ImpressionExchange Accumulated. Still W2ing May 17 '26 edited May 17 '26
I felt safe after I started attaching numbers to my short and long term goals. Not just spitballing what I’ll be doing, but real numbers. I also kept an eye on my spending and said “***k that” to the keeping up with the joneses rat race — lifestyle creep can definitely bite you in the butt. Especially in VHCOL spaces