On my way home tonight I was listening to NPR. Big surprise, I listen to it everyday. Tuesday nights around 7 or 8ish seems to be Canadian news. They did a survey and asked a bunch of people how much money they would need to make to be comfortable and not need or want anything. The answers varied as follows:"$2,00 a month so she could take care of her animals" (equals $24,000 a year)
"$150,000 a year so he could have a nicer home, travel, dine out, and get a new car every couple years"
"At least $200 a week so I can always pay my rent, even pay it early, and always have food in my cupboards." (equals $10,400 a year)
At the end of the story the comment was made about the difference's in being "comfortable" means to everyone.
This is something I have been thinking about for a couple of months. How much money do I need to make to feel comfortable. And what does "comfortable" mean to me? I have decided that right now "comfortable" means being debt free. So, I either need to make bunches of more money or I need to scale back my current lifestyle to pay of debt more quickly. Once I am debt free I am almost positive "comfortable" will change for me.
So, here is my question to you...What does being comfortable mean to you? Is it associated with a dollar amount earned per year? Or does it mean you own a home? Being debt free? etc?
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For me, it means I can go to the grocery store and buy whatever I need for meals and necessities that week and not have to budget it all out before hand. If I want salmon and steak in the same week, than by golly, I will have salmon and steak in the same week. And to be able to see a toy that I want Elsie to have and not have to go to a consignment store or save for weeks to get it. Although, there are some really good consignment stores around here so I would probably still go anyways. And to be able to travel, travel, travel!!!
Being debt free is what it is all about.
Screw comfortable. I want enough to live lavishly!
LOL.
I definately think that being Debt Free makes you a free person. In my experience it is hard to have fun and enjoy life when in the back of your head you know how much money you owe.
I think I need to be friends with Trent, I'm much more a fan of extravagant than modest. Unfortunately, my salary doesn't support my desired lifestyle (o:
Sadly, my answer to that question changed dramatically when I moved to New York City.
Le Sigh...
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