IS THE INTERNET RUINING OUR RETIREMENT?
You are probably spending too much. I know this isn’t what you want to hear on a Saturday morning but the news (alternatively delivered to me via a digital medium, of course) is not good – although apparently we’re more likely to fritter away our monthly income on an iPhone contract with unlimited data than do something about it…
I’ve never been a wild spender; mainly because my worrying and pangs of anxiety have always cut into the spending time. My mind always goes to ‘but what if something awful happens and I end up on my own and I can’t look after myself and I fail as an Independent Woman and Beyonce is ashamed of me?’ When I got my first weekend job at around 13 or 14, I started saving – for a house deposit. You’d think with over a decade of preparation under my belt I should be laughing… but then I grew up and found out what things cost and (LOL) moved to London sooooo – safe to say that’s not happening any time soon. Ah well. May as well spend my money on hilarious cat toys and find happiness that way instead. Apparently, I am pretty typical of someone my age.