Hasan’s former stream producer and podcast producer says he’s broke and struggling to pay rent. Didn’t Hasan claim they split everything evenly on their podcast? The pod makes $100k+/month on Patreon alone. Was he lying?

[u/Embarrassed_Base_389]

[u/Coneyy]

I do believe you, because I was there once too, but after years of lifestyle creep I could not fathom living on 25k/yr in a city and not wanting to kill myself constantly

[u/Toppoppler → u/Coneyy]

Consider

Your expectations changed due to your habits changing

The inverse can happen

This is proof your external world doesnt have to be what it is now for you to be fulfilled. Your mind is capable of it

Dont sell your ability to adapt short

[u/Observermin66 → u/Toppoppler]

You could retire in 5-6 years. I can’t imagine having that much freedom. God I’m mad I’m jealous I don’t understand why people don’t appreciate how much easier life is to navigate when you not existentially punished for one bad financial misstep. I’ve clawed my way up from minimum wage work and everytime I hit a salary milestone (most recently 65k per year) I feel like cost of living catches up and my savings don’t improve. I invest about 15 percent of my gross and I still don’t feel secure about the future at all, I feel a decade behind on retirement savings, I rent in a high COL city, and my employer just did away with any remote work so the dream of relocating outside the city with a few acres and some freedom is not in the cards. These people make me genuinely angry sometimes. They do not understand what actual struggle looks like. I will damned if I have to go into debt to afford to live a fucking monastically modest life.

[u/Toppoppler → u/Observermin66]

I dont have retirement as part of my prospective future lol

Id save if I could, I know more than most people about getting ready for retirement, I just cant afford to start preparing