I just realized that i spend a large portion of my income on consumables
I have a minimum wage job and live in a cheap apartment, so my money goes to: rent utilities car insurance health insurance food gas smokes and leaves me with very little to save which i usually spend on going out or games / small collectibles.
Is this a kind of modern "trap" designed to keep people poor, or am I just wasting money for no reason, how can i escape this?
Obviously i need to save more money but its difficult to save when you make not a lot and most of it goes towards things that will be recurring costs. Food, rent, smokes, bills, gasoline, even toilet paper can't be re-used.
Hell even my computer chair's armrests are broken right now, it didn't even last me two years.
And then in TV, movies, games etc they seem to encourage buying more consumables, there's even a character in Dota 2 who has a line when you buy consumables, "One use is all i'll need!" but its never just one use...
Ryan Sanders
Come on friends someone must know how to escape consumable hell
Camden Carter
grow a garden and farm animals
Mason Reed
stop smoking, dummy
Zachary Gutierrez
Move back in with your parents and stop buying stupid shit til you get a better job. Pirate games and stop buying collectibles, smoke rollies or ecig or stop smoking. Ride a bike if you can get around with one where you live and apply for food stamps if you qualify. It is the trap a lot of my friends are in
William Collins
Where do u live? How much is your rent a month?
Isaac Brown
This is a great start, monitor your expenses to the penny, reduce your expenses in the areas you consider unnecessary or unfruitful. Everyone is going to have to buy certain consumables unless they want to live on a farm, and then they have other expenses including a massive time investment.
Christopher Wood
Don't buy shit. Stop smoking. Try and downsize to somewhere cheaper if you can. Try and get a better job.
Isaac White
Learn how to cook Get a roommate Stop smoking Shop at thrift stores Only buy groceries on sale or in bulk Get a second job as a hobby Collect stocks
Aaron Watson
Only frugal-tards will tell you that consumables are 'traps'. Consumables are luxuries. If abstaining from pleasures in life and counting pennies and wasting time gets you off then go for it. If you can't afford to live luxuriously then cut down on it.
We're living in the best age yet and it'd be a fucking shame to waste it.
The only thing you need to worry about is balance. Save enough for the future and don't go overboard on spending. Enjoy life.
