TheArstaInventor@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 5 months agoMen in their 40s, what’s one piece of advice for men in their 20s?message-squaremessage-square218fedilinkarrow-up1199arrow-down16
arrow-up1193arrow-down1message-squareMen in their 40s, what’s one piece of advice for men in their 20s?TheArstaInventor@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 5 months agomessage-square218fedilink
minus-squareTar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up47arrow-down3·5 months agoIf 20 year old me put away 10% of her income, it would just mean borrowing more. Current me would just have more debt and be worse off than now.
minus-squareSanctus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up42·5 months agoYeah a lot of people in there twenties can’t even spare 5%. I’m thirty and I can’t.
minus-squareTak@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up7·5 months ago“Save money for retirement” Yeah so I can pick up painting? The only thing I’ll be able to paint is the ceiling if I want to retire.
minus-squareNOP@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·5 months agoHave you seen the price of emulsion?
minus-squareTak@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 months agoOh I was going to use the free stuff and use a 12 gauge brush
minus-squareJuvyn00b@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoSome companies in the US have a deal to where they match on 401k. One such organization puts in 5% for your 2%. Two percent is low enough it wouldn’t be a hit to almost any cash in your pocket given that the money is taken out pre tax.
If 20 year old me put away 10% of her income, it would just mean borrowing more. Current me would just have more debt and be worse off than now.
Yeah a lot of people in there twenties can’t even spare 5%. I’m thirty and I can’t.
“Save money for retirement” Yeah so I can pick up painting? The only thing I’ll be able to paint is the ceiling if I want to retire.
Have you seen the price of emulsion?
Oh I was going to use the free stuff and use a 12 gauge brush
Some companies in the US have a deal to where they match on 401k. One such organization puts in 5% for your 2%. Two percent is low enough it wouldn’t be a hit to almost any cash in your pocket given that the money is taken out pre tax.