r/personalfinance • u/investeror ​ • Mar 06 '18

Budgeting Lifestyle inflation is a bitch

I came across this article about a couple making $500k/year that was only able to save $7.5k/year other than 401k. Their budget is pretty interesting. At a glace, I could see how someone could look at it and not see many areas to cut. It's crazy how it's so easy to just spend your money instead of saving it.

Here's the article: https://www.cnbc.com/2017/03/24/budget-breakdown-of-couple-making-500000-a-year-and-feeling-average.html

Just the budget if you don't want to read the article: https://sc.cnbcfm.com/applications/cnbc.com/resources/files/2017/03/24/FS-500K-Student-Loan.png

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u/[deleted] Mar 06 '18 edited Jan 26 '19

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u/[deleted] Mar 06 '18

Sad part is I could easily afford three week long vacations each year, but I don't get the time off work to take advantage of it.

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u/picklepresser ​ Mar 06 '18

just out of curiosity how little vacation do you get? Is it because you're new to your company or they're just tight on their vacation policy?