ExLisper

Sorry to hear that. Where I live (Spain) everyone I know, even workers with no education and very basic jobs, go on holidays with their families at least once a year. The perspective here is that leisure (holidays, weekends at the beach, vacations) are a basic right and I think it should be viewed like this everywhere.

Also, as I explained in another commend the article talks about travel in the same category as dining out, not groceries.

So while vacation is a basic need it's obviously not as basic as food or rent (which the article doesn't claim).

War in Ukraine showed it's complicated. They may have equipment but how it's serviced? How competent the command is? From what I know Poland doesn't have any navy (as in they don't have any modern unit) but Ukraine also doesn't have it and is still controlling the Black Sea. They do have Patriots and F-16 so way better than what Ukraine had and Russia never really got air superiority in Ukraine. I would expect them to have good enough artillery and ammo stockpiles to stop any ground troops, same as Ukraine did. My guess is that if they are properly prepared the would easily defend themselves.

The article doesn't really put travelling in the same category as groceries. It says "Younger Americans’ spending on things like travel and dining out has been outpacing their older peers’ even as the economy slows." They specifically put travel in 'luxury' category. Vacations can simply mean time off. Depending on your contract you can have limited paid days off and even vacations without travel can mean expense (unpaid leave).

Maybe in your bank. Most banks don't offer any protection for debit cards. Credit card companies offer more protections and that's why people use them.

Insurance and fraud protection.

You will be shocked but absolutely everything in Catholicism is based on myth and "cool story bro" scenarios.

It's 55 m^2 or a normal size apartment. Smallest apartment allowed in Europe (at least where I know such legal limits exist) is 25 m^s.

Vacations are a basic need. When did someone convinced you that rest is some luxury for wealthy people?

Backmarket FTW

But you need 2024 phone to run it.

Eating less. When making dinner I wold make half of what I usually made, for lunch I would only have small things like a salad or soup, I stopped supplementing during/after training with gels and recovery drinks, cut out desserts. Went from 68kg to 63kg in couple of months.