Could i have done better for my age?

I don't really want to get to 30 and find I have done nothing. It's all well and good being frugal but it feels like being a serf.... -.-

not hard for you but for me it's...

I'm infamously frugal.. yet I've done so much over the past 10 years.

People are foolish if they think having amazing life experiences require alot of spending.

No but money helps. If I want to ice climb in Scotland I need ice axes, crampons, good enough clothing so I don't freeze to death, travel Expenses. All costs money.

No but money helps. If I want to ice climb in Scotland I need ice axes, crampons, mountain boots, good enough clothing so I don't freeze to death, travel Expenses. All costs money.

Or you could volunteer with a mountain clean-up group and get all that for free, for example.

Which is why if you're sensible with your earnings (if like I said you're lucky enough to have a job and few expenses) doing things like that every now and again shouldn't be a big dent in your budget. If you make sacrifices in some areas you can spend more in others.

Er... nope. If you want to winter climb at Ben Nevis you need your own stuff. It is probably possible to pay a guide and have them provide everything but that is mega expensive as it is.

Again the serf thing.... I don't want to have to ****ing work to be a clean up serf top go on a mountain. I do that stuff so I can be free. (This is someone who volunteers every week to do conservation stuff in the outdoors, which I can incidentally can only do because my retired parents will give me a lift as there is no public transport and I can not afford a car.)

I'm not happy being a serf!

I'm not happy being a serf!

And guess what helps you out of that situation? Being good with money, saving and being able to have some freedom later on because you have money to fall back on.

If you don't want to be a serf fair enough, no one wants to be. But don't complain about it if you're not willing to make any changes to your behaviour and spending habits to get you out of that situation.

or go play the lottery, you have about as much chance getting out of being a serf playing that as you do complaining about it.

Fine then. I'll develop some kind of Stockholm syndrome and fall in love with my lot. -.-

So you'd rather blow your cash but have to keep working a 9-5 to fund it?

Not remotely what I was talking about...but sure.

Why is a mountain clean up going to give me ice axes and all the equipment to go climb a winter route?

Going on holiday to Scotland is not too much to ask. Mountains are not privatised yet and are currently free.

I don;t see the point in working if I never get to do my hobbies. I want to climb things when I am at my physical peak. I fully intend to still be doing stuff like that in my 50s and older but I am not waiting until then to start doing it.

Why is a mountain clean up going to give me ice axes and all the equipment to go climb a winter route?

Going on holiday to Scotland is not too much to ask. Mountains are not privatised yet and are currently free.

To be honest since they live with their parents and their only expenses are car, food and clothing they didn't do that great.

They spent on average £173 a week. That's more than I spend and I live away from home. (Assuming they were getting 16k post tax, they never clarified) if not then they were spending on average £134 a week which is about what I spend a week living away from home on rent, bills, food, transport ect.

They definitely could have done a lot better since their expenses are a lot lower.

You spend under £134 a week on rent? And have money to spare?
I've always wondered how people are able to save so much money effortlessly. I guess the key is not living in London