307: When Lifestyle Creep Catches Up to You

<p>After speaking about expenses being harder to cover lately, Derek decides to share his daily spending breakdown. Him and Johnny go over the categories and both realize that lifestyle creep is reality now for both of them. They discuss ideas to save money, what things they can slim down and what they may need to cut out all together. With everything getting more expensive and wages not keeping up, this episode is sure to relate to many others out there.</p>

<p><strong>Discussed: </strong></p>

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<li><a href="https://c10.patreonusercontent.com/4/patreon-media/p/post/114155730/658ffa0b9cdd41aaa60772f945830e62/eyJ3Ijo2MjB9/1.png?token-time=1730419200&amp;token-hash=SpwxOpSpEDGgluNlEkI4-BDuTRXQTsnAFz9QTtK0dXc%3D" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Derek's 2023 AMEX Spend Chart</a> </li>

<li><a href="https://www.investlikeaboss.com/306-q3-2024-quarterly-update/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">ILAB 306: Q3 2024 Quarterly Update</a></li>

<li><a href="https://www.investlikeaboss.com/305-the-economic-and-lifestyle-value-of-buenos-aires/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">ILAB 305: The Economic and Lifestyle Value of Buenos Aires</a></li>

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<p><strong>Where we are:</strong></p>

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<li>Johnny FD – Kyiv, UA / IG <a href="https://www.instagram.com/johnnyfdj" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">@johnnyfdj</a></li>

<li>Sam Marks - Barcelona, ES / IG <a href="https://www.instagram.com/sammarks12/?hl=en" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">@sammarks12</a></li>

<li>Derek – Los Angeles, US / IG <a href="https://instagram.com/derekradio" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">@DerekRadio</a></li>