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What salary do you think would make you happy? (self.asklemmy)

submitted 11 months ago by phoneymouse to c/asklemmy

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[–] tdawg 65 points 11 months ago (4 children)

The day I got signed on for 120k was the day all my financial anxieties went away. I'm not rich by any means. My rent is still stupid high. My bills never stop coming in. But I can finally afford furniture. I can finally afford to visit my family when I want to. I don't worry about min-maxing at the grocery store. I'm not "happy" but it's the closest I've ever been

[–] A_Random_Idiot 13 points 11 months ago

Being able to walk into a store and drop 50 dollars on something on rare occasion without having to have a panic attack and spend the day before doing in depth financial analysis and math, I cant imagine how much healthier my life would be without that stress.

[–] morphballganon 2 points 11 months ago

That sounds like a pretty good number to me too. Currently quite a bit lower.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Congratulations! I’m surviving but without furniture lol.

I’ve got a little bit of disposable income, but just had to go out of network for a surgery because my insurance is weak.

I don’t really have financial worries either though. What’s weird is I make just under $50k now, but the most I ever made was $110k, and at that time I had financial stress. Now is the first time I’ve ever gotten off the paycheck-to-paycheck cycle.

But my financial success currently stops at furniture, so I know exactly what you’re saying. I’ve got a futon, a 5x7 rug, a table, a dining chair, and an armchair. The futon and the rug are the only ones I paid for; the rest was free from craigslist. I carried that damn furniture for miles. Well I had a vehicle for the armchair.

Next thing, after my savings recovers from the surgery, is a 7x9 rug to fill the other half of my main living space, so I can cut down on the creaking boards. Then padding for under the rugs. Then finally another dining chair so I can invite someone over for dinner.