Watching the Steps into Adulthood
It’s an interesting time in my life, and the lives of friends and acquaintances. Many are a 1-2 years into a career, and lives are changing.Sometimes I feel like a total weirdo for not participating in the shift toward, you know, being an adult with adult stuff.Recent anecdotes:New teacher buys a $30,000 car, roughly equivalent to his annual salary. An all-American gas guzzler with terrible Consumer Reports scores makes for an excellent new car, no doubt. Acquaintances are buying homes, often at prices 3-4x their annual income. This is in a place where doing so is completely unnecessary. This isn’t a big city. Weddings. Children. Need I say more?I think I now truly understand what people mean about keeping up with
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