presoak@lazysoci.al to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 day agoWhat cultural programming have you overcome?message-squaremessage-square43linkfedilinkarrow-up136arrow-down13
arrow-up133arrow-down1message-squareWhat cultural programming have you overcome?presoak@lazysoci.al to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 day agomessage-square43linkfedilink
minus-squareIconoclast@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up12·edit-21 day agoAt some point I realized that when I look at the life of an average person, it’s not something I want for myself. So I probably shouldn’t model my life after theirs and then expect different results.
minus-squareIconoclast@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 day ago300k mortage, car payment, two kids, a dog, job that they hate, week long vacation abroad once a year etc.
minus-squareAskewLord@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 day agoin America you’d have to be in the top 20% of the income bracket to afford that lifestyle, and in high cost areas, the top 10%.
At some point I realized that when I look at the life of an average person, it’s not something I want for myself. So I probably shouldn’t model my life after theirs and then expect different results.
Define average?
300k mortage, car payment, two kids, a dog, job that they hate, week long vacation abroad once a year etc.
in America you’d have to be in the top 20% of the income bracket to afford that lifestyle, and in high cost areas, the top 10%.