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What is something you wanted as a kid and bought now that you're an adult with disposable income? (leminal.space)

submitted 7 months ago by CorrodedCranium@leminal.space to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I really wanted a modded Xbox 360 when I was younger because I thought being able to play 'backed up' games and having a custom dashboard was really neat.

I ended up buying one last year to fulfill that childhood wish.

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[-] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 21 points 7 months ago

Man you're still just 20. It gets easier. I didn't really have any serious disposable income until I was around 26. Now I can basically buy what I want.

Obviously it's different for everyone, but if you save money and develop good spending habits, it should get a little easier over time.

[-] crony@lemmy.cronyakatsuki.xyz 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Here it's the kind of living space where at 40 with 20 years of working years you get barelly any disposable income.

Here it's the fact that the difference between income of somebody who just starts and somebody who has been working at the same company is so small you could think it's a rounding error.

EDIT: Example being on my last summer job I was getting higher wage than a person who was working there for 27 years.

[-] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 4 points 7 months ago

I mean... you haven't given any details, but it sounds to me like you should explore a different line of work. When you said you only do "seasonal" work, does that mean you're just straight up not working for most of the year? Because in that case I'd say there's a pretty simple way you could improve your income situation.

[-] crony@lemmy.cronyakatsuki.xyz 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

When I say seasonal work I mean there are only open jobs here for the tourist season, which is seasonal.

I tried getting into all time jobs here but they are very very rare and super picky about getting only people who have some connections.

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