Why my parents always ignored the advice to 'live within your means' - Business Insider

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'We always lived well below our means while I was growing up with my dad. My sister and I used to poke fun at him for being an engineer who carried a flip phone until 2015'

My parents practiced what they preached

Even when my dad and stepmom got married and became a dual-income household , they drove around cars that were 12 years old and bought a house together that was half of what they could afford. Now they've retired in their early 50s and have plenty of money to travel the world and live comfortably. I'm all about keeping my fixed costs as low as possible so that I can maximize my disposable income. I don't have a car payment, and as of a few years ago, I'm. I've never spent more than 25% of my income on housing, even when I made $12 an hour or $30,000 per year. My salary is now about $75,000, but I'm still spending the same on rent as I did when I made $40,000.

 

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