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by nip180 2145 days ago
The common term for this is lifestyle inflation. As you make more money your “needs” keep increasing. It’s incredibly challenging to reserve this trend but very easy to follow it.
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I think the best way to prevent this is, whenever you get a raise, open a new bank account and have the difference direct deposited into it. That way, the main bank account that you work with regularly, always sees the same amount deposited.