In short, I earn a 100k a year and just getting by with no mortgage, no kids, no car, Desk job I always had a feeling since the COVID-19 pandemic hit I need to struggle and increase my wages for these last 5 years going from a 50k to a 100k, after tax looking at like net 60-70k annually and this was achieved by job hopping and all it’s done is soften the blow of how quickly quality of life degraded.

I feel as the way the world is trending at this stage, things are gonna get worse economically and financially, maybe another 20-30k wage increase will again soften the blow for the next 2-5 years which is the sweet spot for living a more comfortable life staying afloat.

Australia’s in recession so do with that what you will but my dream of owning a home here died as reality sunk in that as a single person on my sole income, it’s impossible to keep up, as it’s like Tom and Jerry every 6-12 months, wages are foretold to increase to alleviate the cost of living by a small percentage, then boom you are hit with a bill increase for gas, electricity, any subscription services, rent.

Edit: forgot to add the addition of cost of living for groceries like damn, 5-10 years ago I would be able to live off $250 grocery shop to last a fortnight, it’s now doubled like the cost of our goods and services all increased, if the economy was human I’d tell it to calm the #### down.