I work in the financial services industry, and much of my savings are invested in stocks, but this is thrilling.
For years, I’ve watched as people lived way beyond their means, based on borrowing and/or increasing asset prices. I saved at least 50% of my pay, and did not consider that to be extreme, but few others saved more than 20%, if that. I felt that I was an outcast, a nut. Now I am getting tremendous satisfaction from not being a complete idiot. Of course, I am personally much less well off, but I feel better poorer and grounded than well-off and a nut.
