How Much Do You Need To Earn To Feel Rich?
January 28th, 2008
How much would it take for you to earn before you felt rich?
According to a recent report, 2.5 million UK households earn £88,000 per year - more than 3 times the national average household income.
Yet 90% of these people do not class themselves as rich - they reckon being rich means earning £150,000 per household, with a paid off mortgage, owning more than 1 property as well as being able to send their kids to private school.
Of course, the problem here is that it’s all relative. I don’t feel rich, yet looking from here, if our household was earning £88,000 I think I would be very happy. For families on lower incomes, I’m sure they be very happy living on what me, my partner and kids live on.
And earning a certain amount each year doesn’t necessarily mean you’ll be financially secure. If your spending expands to meet your income, which I often think is the case, then you might have nice stuff and live an extravegant lifestyle, but you still might not have the financial stability of someone who watches their pennies.
Do you feel “rich”? How much do you think you need to be “well off”?
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2 Comments on “How Much Do You Need To Earn To Feel Rich?”
plonkee, January 29th, 2008 at 9:15 pm
For me *rich* is not needing to worry about whether you can afford something. Which either means lowering your expectations, or increasing your means. I’m working on both.
Stuart, January 30th, 2008 at 10:39 pm
I think 99% of people will never feel ‘rich’. Financially speaking, they will always want more, first the second home, then a boat, then a mansion, then a football team…theres always more. True richness (if thats a word) comes from being happy with where you are now, not only financially, but in terms of relationships, work/life balance etc. The majority of people will never appreciate this.
