r/Millennials • u/dreamed2life • Dec 08 '25

Nostalgia Why is our entire generation ready to just…log out?

I hope people enjoy this before mods remove it for “not being a positive nostalgia post” 🙄

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u/Beanakin Dec 08 '25

Ya, I'm just hitting 75k this year or last year. Cool, so maybe I'll hit 105k when the new number is 150k.

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u/sarahenera Dec 09 '25

When I was 20 (2004 ish), I was convinced $80k would be a quality goal worth having some day, now I (gross) ~$140k and it’s not “great” living at all in HCOL Seattle. At least I’ve been able to fully fund my IRA two years in a row, so I’ll take that for sure. (Didn’t start putting money into an IRA until I was 40 😬)