I have my eye on a guqin. I'll never be able to play one, but they look gorgeous and I'd want one as a decoration for my wall.
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The new neverending fuckery that most of my shithead neighbors voted for.
Honestly I have no idea. Save as much as I can, invest spend, HYSA the rest. I suppose eventually a house in like 15 years? maybe retirement eventually?
not sure and honestly kind of falling in love with the idea of micro-retirements so maybe i'll spend it on that?
Saving for a new car. My ex wrecked mine, and it still drives but it brings too many bad memories.
My recent bigger purchase was a video game, so probably a different video game somewhere down the line. I'm trying not to spend too much money right now unless it's money I've gotten from donating plasma. Kind of like pocket money for small stuff.
Other than that, I've got all I need right now, pretty much
saving money is its own reward
Gotta run PEX piping to replace the copper we've got so I can remove the oil water heater so we can also remove the oil furnace and convert to electric (not logic to replace the furnace if we need to keep the reservoir because of the water heater) then we can start fixing cracks in our foundation walls so we can insulate them, as long as we're done with that before next winter I'll be satisfied.
So yeah, anyone's got 15k?
Fucking hell nightmare being an adult socks sometimes
At least I'm doing some of it myself to save on labor 🤷
I'm genuinely impressed mate I had to post in [email protected] asking how to put pictures up haha
Yeah, growing up in a family where we would tear down walls the day after moving in certainly helps, but there's tons of things that are easy to learn when it comes to doing home maintenance and improvements!
New ubiquiti Router and switches
A (likely secondhand) PS5 because a game I really want, Digimon Story Time Stranger, releases this year! That's my biggest goal right now, but aside from that there's also some albums and Tamagotchi I want to buy eventually haha
Nothing in particular. Mostly, it’s for early retirement and partly just for “fuck-you money.” I pretty much own everything I’ve ever wanted, and anything I don’t have, I could buy if I really wanted to. I make a decent living and live below my means. I invest a good portion of my income into ETF index funds every month, and I’m at a point where my passive income matches - or even exceeds - what I’m able to save from wages.
I’m self-employed nowadays, and whenever business is slow, I don’t have to stress about it because of my savings. Time is my most valuable asset, and anytime I get to do something other than work counts as a positive in my book. That said, I don’t really mind working anymore either, because what I do for a living is pretty much what I’d be doing anyway.
I guess you could say I save so that I don’t have to stress about finances.
Nothing right now. Just maintenance for now. Nothing really excites me, a mood that's been around for a while.