I lived a semi-bohemian lifestyle until I was 30. I worked maybe 25 hours per week and spent a shitload of time working on hobbies and doing hours of yoga every day. I took a lot of drugs, drank, slept around voraciously, and travelled across the US and to countries all over the world.
When I turned thirty I decided it was a good time to do adult stuff, so I did. I never accumulated debt and had always put away a small amount of retirement money through my 20s, so I wasn't terribly far behind. It took about two years to go from making $30k to making $100k.
There are trade-offs, but I'm at peace with my choices. I own a house, still work on my hobbies, got married, and I don't think I'll have many regrets around stuff-I-didn't-get-to-do.
I lived a semi-bohemian lifestyle until I was 30. I worked maybe 25 hours per week and spent a shitload of time working on hobbies and doing hours of yoga every day. I took a lot of drugs, drank, slept around voraciously, and travelled across the US and to countries all over the world.
When I turned thirty I decided it was a good time to do adult stuff, so I did. I never accumulated debt and had always put away a small amount of retirement money through my 20s, so I wasn't terribly far behind. It took about two years to go from making $30k to making $100k.
There are trade-offs, but I'm at peace with my choices. I own a house, still work on my hobbies, got married, and I don't think I'll have many regrets around stuff-I-didn't-get-to-do.
And no, I never had a trust fund.