I don’t know about you, but I don’t think we should accept to be working for less or to accept a lower standard of living just because so many people have it worse.
As long as your work is:
honest
ethical
providing real value to whoever is paying for it
not pushing externalities for others
Then “what is normal” should have no bearing in this.
Not so much of a good measure of how you live but on how much (or little) people are left for other things, including saving/investing towards their own homes.
I feel like we’re talking past each other. My impression was that 30% towards your living situation is a pretty decent target; what would you expect the percentage to be?
You missed the last paragraph, didn’t you?
I don’t know about you, but I don’t think we should accept to be working for less or to accept a lower standard of living just because so many people have it worse.
As long as your work is:
Then “what is normal” should have no bearing in this.
Okay, what I meant was, is rent taking 30% really indicative of a low standard of living?
Not so much of a good measure of how you live but on how much (or little) people are left for other things, including saving/investing towards their own homes.
I feel like we’re talking past each other. My impression was that 30% towards your living situation is a pretty decent target; what would you expect the percentage to be?