Millennials and Gen-Zers are pulling in bigger paychecks, but much of their spending power is fueling short-term purchases like groceries and vacations, not savings

1/4!? hmu with your landlords #

Rent and utilities is more than one of my pay checks. Landlords are literal leeches.

Only 1/4th?

My mortgage takes up 3/5ths of my take-home. =U

Jesus, just a quarter? I send at least two thirds to mine.

I just had to sign for an apartment that's 47% of my take home pay. It was the cheapest in the area I could find and my work loves to say they are a "good job"

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When I was making about $1400 a month I made a spreadsheet with prices of staple foods from four grocery stores in my area and went to all four on a regular basis to get the best price on each thing. Now that I make substantially more than that I "waste" about $400-$500 per month by only going to one store and buying everything I need. I still feel guilty about it sometimes.

Had a conversation with my friend the other day about this. Why should I be putting away 20% or more of my income and make myself miserable for the years when I'm healthy and fit, just for the chance of being able to be financially comfortable when I'm old?

Our bodies are full of microplastics. The earth is getting hotter than ever year after year. Right-wing authortianism is on the rise across the globe. This isn't a cry for help, but I genuinely don't plan on living that long.

70 sounds optimistic

Foodstuffs are such a short-term luxury.

my "vacations" are basically for having an extra day or two off. Maybe I'll go on a day trip to somewhere in the area. It's not like I'm going to a retreat on a private island or anything

Now I go on vacation it's only thing that keeps me from going fucking crazy. It expensive but goddammit I am going.

Also only reason stay at this shitty job because of three weeks of vacation I get. If I didn't get that I would quit.

I went to visit a friend a few states over for their wedding. They let me stay at their place for a week. For the time off I work union :D

Doing that as we speak. My job was shit, so I'm moving back to an old also-shit-but-slightly-less-shit job. I don't start back at my old job for another week or two, and had originally planned to keep working the currently one until then. But I got fed up with bullshit and stopped going a few nights ago, and am now enjoying a two-week unpaid "vacation".

The only vacations I can afford are #Staycations where I #GirlBoss and #FixMyBrokeAssCar

I was denied a raise for a bullshit reason. My work effort is negatively impacted by inflation

I'm on like 3 years running of no raise and my SO got one 4 days before being laid off after 3 years of no raises.