return2ozma@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 11 days agoIs everybody just struggling financially right now?message-squaremessage-square239linkfedilinkarrow-up1301arrow-down14
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minus-squareessell@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·11 days agoSame. Also self employed. Got plenty of work lined up, savings, pension, cheap mortgage. Each year looks a little better than the last one. I think part of the reason it seems everyone is struggling is because of two reasons. One, lots of people are struggling. Two, no one wants to hear from the few who aren’t.
minus-squareOctopusNemeses@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·11 days ago no one wants to hear from the few who aren’t. How is that making everyone struggle?
minus-squareessell@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·11 days agoIt doesn’t. It makes it seem like everyone is struggling coz you don’t hear from anyone else.
minus-squaremaccentric@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 days agoHow does one get a pension when self employed?
minus-squareessell@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·11 days agoSign up with a pension company and pay money into it like any other monthly bill. I’m in the UK so might be different elsewhere.
Same.
Also self employed. Got plenty of work lined up, savings, pension, cheap mortgage.
Each year looks a little better than the last one.
I think part of the reason it seems everyone is struggling is because of two reasons.
One, lots of people are struggling. Two, no one wants to hear from the few who aren’t.
How is that making everyone struggle?
It doesn’t.
It makes it seem like everyone is struggling coz you don’t hear from anyone else.
How does one get a pension when self employed?
Sign up with a pension company and pay money into it like any other monthly bill.
I’m in the UK so might be different elsewhere.