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I actually make around $20,000 a month more than I did ten years ago. After taxes and other stuff it really is not much.
I still live in the same starter home from ten years ago, drive a used car, shop at Kohls, do my own home repairs, no maid etc.
At 20K more I could afford a slightly nicer house and slightly nicer car. I cant afford any really nice home or really nice car. That would take at least 50K a month.
I do go out to dinner a bit more and let my kids buy more clothes etc but at 20K more you still are scrubbing your own home, doing your own shopping etc not much has changed.
200K more a month I have a mansion, Condo on park avenue, a fleet of sports cars. But 20K is chump change. Means once in a while you can buy something without a coupon and go to a car wash
I actually make around $20,000 a month more than I did ten years ago. After taxes and other stuff it really is not much.
I still live in the same starter home from ten years ago, drive a used car, shop at Kohls, do my own home repairs, no maid etc.
At 20K more I could afford a slightly nicer house and slightly nicer car. I cant afford any really nice home or really nice car. That would take at least 50K a month.
I do go out to dinner a bit more and let my kids buy more clothes etc but at 20K more you still are scrubbing your own home, doing your own shopping etc not much has changed.
200K more a month I have a mansion, Condo on park avenue, a fleet of sports cars. But 20K is chump change. Means once in a while you can buy something without a coupon and go to a car wash
For 20k a month extra you can't get someone to clean your house? Sounds so odd I can get someone to clean my house weekly for less than 5200.00 annually.
You say after taxes and "other stuff" 20k extra isn't that much but what is other stuff? It would have to be lifestyle creep
I actually make around $20,000 a month more than I did ten years ago. After taxes and other stuff it really is not much.
I still live in the same starter home from ten years ago, drive a used car, shop at Kohls, do my own home repairs, no maid etc.
At 20K more I could afford a slightly nicer house and slightly nicer car. I cant afford any really nice home or really nice car. That would take at least 50K a month.
I do go out to dinner a bit more and let my kids buy more clothes etc but at 20K more you still are scrubbing your own home, doing your own shopping etc not much has changed.
200K more a month I have a mansion, Condo on park avenue, a fleet of sports cars. But 20K is chump change. Means once in a while you can buy something without a coupon and go to a car wash
$20k more a month (on top of what you already earn) only gets you slightly nicer than a starter home? Where do you live?
No single answer because an incremental amount would produce incremental changes. The more the addition, the bigger the changes. That said, an extra $3k/year would allow me to own a car...
This is what I was thinking ANY amount would change my life... but some amounts would be a bigger impact/change than others. Even just $100 per month more and I might go on an extra weekend get-away a year (mini vacation/local, but it would be $1200 I wouldn't otherwise have had). Then again, I have a very precise budget and track everything I spend, so that might be part of it.
Every extra dollar I earn is pretty much only 60 cents in my pocket...so it really has to be worth it.
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