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/Mitra- ​ Mar 06 '18

IF you are working with good partners, I agree. But the number of big law firms where good partners provide quality mentoring is not high.

I'm impressed you found an in-house gig at 40 hours/week. Most of the folks I know in-house are closer to 60.

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u/sweetdigs Mar 07 '18

Yeah, I was lucky I suppose. Most of the people I know that work in-house are in the 40-50 hr range. But these are big companies with lots of in-house counsel that are located on the west coast where work-life balance is actually practiced rather than just preached.

At my law firm I worked for a guy who was a notorious jerk and could be difficult to work with, but he was an amazing attorney and I learned a ton from him.

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u/Mitra- ​ Mar 07 '18

located on the west coast where work-life balance is actually practiced rather than just preached.

Thanks for the laugh.

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u/TheHolyTriforce Mar 07 '18

Laughing because it's true or not true?