Millionaire to Millennials: Stop Buying Avocado Toast If You Want to Buy a Home

[Ganoncrotch]

LipeJJ said:

Ganoncrotch said:

I see you're 24 so I'm going to guess you are in rental accommodation still? or have you purchased your own home by that age? Just even with my current work if I could spend no money it would take me at least 3 years to be able to pay up front for a home myself (which is how I aim to buy property) during that time every bit extra which is spent means it takes longer to get to the goal.

Just if you don't mind me wondering how your rent / accommodation is paid for atm to think that you don't consider a saving of a few hundred euros per week to be "not living"

Don't worry, I don't mind answering.

Me and my boyfriend will buy our first apartment this year (around June/July, and we'll be sure to take at least 2 maids so we don't have to lose time doing useless stuff). I started college 2 years ago for fun (psychology), because I'm a very curious person and learning is something I truly love. Don't know if I'll work eventually or not, but it's still an invaluable experience.

Btw, I find amusing americans PoV regarding school/work/money. It ditches freedom completely if you are expected to do certain things at certain points. I'd be a sad person if I had to save a few hundred dollars/euros per week. To me, this is not living (if you have to rationalize everything and don't have the opportunity to experience stuff without putting much thought into them).

Sounds like you're fairly out of the loop with how the world actually works though in terms of for the majority of people, don't get me wrong I'm not saying someone should be strapped to a desk all year round at a job, think last year I traveled outside my home country more than 10 times on trips away, but still I think I enjoyed the holidays more knowing that I had saved / worked for them, would think I would enjoy life less if I had someone wiping my ass when I took a shit, I think dealing with the shit sometimes makes it more enjoyable when you get to escape from it. Can't have highs without lows would be a way to look at it I guess.

Good luck with buying the apartment though, make sure and consider what it would be like to live there in winter as well if you guys are going to view it in the summer, want to make sure it isn't in an isolated area which gets icy at winter I mean, can be easy to miss something like that going to buy in the middle of summer.