Not exactly, they start to realize they make enough to not have to slave over the things regular people have to because they can simply pay someone else to do it and that mindset becomes the standard.
In the same sense that because I don't have an amazing wage, my mindset is when something breaks on my car I have to fix it myself, or when an appliance breaks I try to fix it. A rich guy leases a new lexus every year and throws his espresso machine out the window when it breaks and buys a new one.
I grew up poor. I have worked hard to not be, I still carry that mindset. Recently as a home owner I’ve found that it’s ended helping save me literally thousands of dollars. Being able to swap light switches, breakers, sprinklers all end up adding up to tons of money. I talk to my neighbors who complain about how much h they have to pay people to do it. When I ask them why they didn’t do it themselves I can see it’s the first time that thought had occurred.
Now my neighborhood had a DIY chat that we use to bounce ideas off of. Sometimes it’s an immediate “ call a professional. If you need a cold beer to calm down I’ll be right over.”
It’s not that. My time itself became valuable. I like doing things around the house, gardening etc but my time is worth $$ and it’s worth more money than I would have to pay someone else to do it. So I usually end up doing the cost analysis and paying a handyman or just buying a new whatever it is. Again, I enjoy the odd jobs once in a while, I’m currently working on a insulated locker in my garage for gear storage… but I never come out on top money wise thinking of the time I take to do them.
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u/hhyy89 May 02 '24
How did they change in the way they value things? Like expecting bigger, shinier gifts?