A lot of us have penny pinched and lived humbly to get started. But at what level of equity did you begin to allow yourself to just live comfortably?
I'm not talking about epic splurging and running out and buying an expensive car or whatever. I'm talking about just not having to check the prices on the menus when ordering out and just getting what you wanted. About being able to take a holiday and not worrying about what impact it's going to have on the bottom line. About being able to grab something off the supermarket shelf without comparing the 9 other alternatives first.
And I'm not asking people who were never had to go through this to begin with (maybe you were from a rich family, I'm not judging, just that this isn't applicable to you). Or if you were never a penny pincher to begin with and found other ways to climb the ladder. Or...people who are still tight asses - we all know of people who are loaded and still can't shake that mentality.
So at what equity position did you allow yourself to begin living comfortably? For me I think it was at around the 300-400k mark. I know it's not much, but by the time I had a few under my belt and it wasn't so tight anymore, I found myself enjoying things a lot more. What about you?
I'm not talking about epic splurging and running out and buying an expensive car or whatever. I'm talking about just not having to check the prices on the menus when ordering out and just getting what you wanted. About being able to take a holiday and not worrying about what impact it's going to have on the bottom line. About being able to grab something off the supermarket shelf without comparing the 9 other alternatives first.
And I'm not asking people who were never had to go through this to begin with (maybe you were from a rich family, I'm not judging, just that this isn't applicable to you). Or if you were never a penny pincher to begin with and found other ways to climb the ladder. Or...people who are still tight asses - we all know of people who are loaded and still can't shake that mentality.
So at what equity position did you allow yourself to begin living comfortably? For me I think it was at around the 300-400k mark. I know it's not much, but by the time I had a few under my belt and it wasn't so tight anymore, I found myself enjoying things a lot more. What about you?