What standard of living are we happy with/entitled to?

Going4TheDream

I am not sure that I and entitled to anything except the choice/right to spend my salary in the way that secures my own needs and happiness.

I choose to take a holiday abroad every year, but that means I may well sacrifice other things to be able to do so.

We are all different, but in the hierarchy of needs, the most basic physical and physiological needs are for air, water, food, shelter and warmth.

I suppose anything above that on a material scale is down to pure choice and led by the individuals budget?

Jimmy_31

reweird wrote: »

You can rent one from your local friendly landlord. No need to live at mummies in your nappy and your bosses cellar in your gimpsuit forever boy.

If it is my human right to have shelter then where do i put my shelter.

Mrs_Z

I think you're entitled to as many things as your salary buys you. If you don't work, then you are not entitled to anything. That's my view.

And if you are not happy what you're getting, then you need to figure out how to increase your income or decrease your outgoings - or preferably do both.

claire16c

Going4TheDream wrote: »

I am not sure that I and entitled to anything except the choice/right to spend my salary in the way that secures my own needs and happiness.

I choose to take a holiday abroad every year, but that means I may well sacrifice other things to be able to do so.

We are all different, but in the hierarchy of needs, the most basic physical and physiological needs are for air, water, food, shelter and warmth.

I suppose anything above that on a material scale is down to pure choice and led by the individuals budget?

I agree. And its all what you prioritise as an individual. For me its seeing other places around the world.

Therefore I do expect to go on holiday at least once a year, I didnt do well at school, study for years and work at every opportunity I could to not get any reward back. I would be depressed if I couldnt enjoy myself after buying basic things like food.

I sacrifice not doing other things in order to make sure that happens.

reweird

Jimmy_31 wrote: »

If it is my human right to have shelter then where do i put my shelter.

It is not your human right to own a shelter but it is your human right to rent one.

shortchanged_2

claire16c wrote: »

I agree. And its all what you prioritise as an individual. For me its seeing other places around the world.

Does this involve lying on a beach in Spain for a week or two.

Out,_Vile_Jelly

My parents are simple, ordinary folk from working class backgrounds and aimed for a nice house with a garden, near nice schools and hoped their children would go to university and enjoy life. Well, my dad's admitted to wanting a wine cellar, 1950s jukebox and a lawn mower that you can drive around, but I think he accepts these are luxury extras. All they do on holiday is read 2 day old Daily Mails and nervously sip "foreign" coffee (ie not made from instant) so they aren't that bothered about going abroad. I'd say they're fairly average for their generation.

I think a lot of things are derided for being ridiculously unaffordable when they just aren't these days; you can get cheapo flights to most European cities and stay in Youth Hostels if you want foreign travel. Popular consumer electronics have come down in price massively. CDs, DVDs and clothes are far cheaper than when I was a teenager and had to babysit yowling brats for ages before I could afford a £14 new album.

The things that are more valuable IMO are job security, savings in the bank and lack of debts.

The_White_Horse

you are not entitled to anything other than what you can afford out of your salary. if you have no salary, then you have no entitlement to anything - not even food or heat in most circumstances.