Just to clarify, note that I do not live as simply as 3.65 k€/​year suggest. I live with family, so I do not have to pay for accomodation (unless I am travelling without family), which I guess accounts for the bulk of expenditure of most people.
something I would love to write more about—but a couple of pro simplicity comments I have made have recieved both a karma and agreement hammering so I haven’t tried yet!
I guess the negative response comes from some people thinking (at least implicitly) that at the margin it is better to increase personal spending and reserves. This may well be true for some people, but not all, so I suppose it might still be good to write about ways to live simply while maintaining high productivity.
Thanks for the kind words, Nick!
Just to clarify, note that I do not live as simply as 3.65 k€/​year suggest. I live with family, so I do not have to pay for accomodation (unless I am travelling without family), which I guess accounts for the bulk of expenditure of most people.
I guess the negative response comes from some people thinking (at least implicitly) that at the margin it is better to increase personal spending and reserves. This may well be true for some people, but not all, so I suppose it might still be good to write about ways to live simply while maintaining high productivity.