If you've ever waded into personal finance content, you’re probably familiar with lifestyle creep. It gets a lot of airtime because it’s a natural financial experience: to spend more as you earn more. But because there's no positive equivalent about intentionally upgrading your lifestyle, all enhancements are cast through this "to-be-avoided-at-any-costs" lens.

Fortunately for us, my evolution on the subject has been entombed for eternity on the internet. I dug through five years' worth of posts for this episode…and I share the equation that helped me determine "how much" creep is encouraged.

Transcripts, show notes, production credits, and more can be found at: https://moneywithkatie.com/lifestyle-creep-episode.

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The “Right” Amount of Lifestyle Creep (Plus, Revealing 5 Years of Mine)