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Originally Posted by RawAlex
Interesting article, but at the same time she makes specific choices that limit her income to that amount as well. Spending time as a cub reporter for a community newspaper rather than working, say, in a restaurant or some other low end job for a bit of extra money is pretty telling.
Effectively, she "lives well" because she has redefined well. She also appears to spend much time and effort on saving a few pennies, with huge opportunity costs that limit her ability to make money.
She has certainly chosen a lifestyle, but I can't wait to see how it turns out when she gets to retirement age, loses some of her mobility, and becomes a burden on the state or family because she never truly saved anything in her lifetime.
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I agree. Also she "plans" to live on $12000 a year, I guess I would give this article alot more cred if it was written by someone who has already lived on that amount.
She should be thinking about retirement, it sounds like she's spent the majority of her life as a housewife, even if she gets a real job after she completes college she'll most likely have to postpone retirement, and even then her social security won't equal what she's getting now in alimony.
