Speaking of the cost of living and seeing a foreigner’s perspective on the issue, just today a person was having a conversation about their family member who was going to stay for a month at their house. While they have a full basement suite that has everything such as a bathroom and bedroom, instead one person was insisting that it is not right to have someone living in the basement as anyone who does that is considered lower in the chain. Therefore, they would rather do some re-shuffling of the rooms upstairs while buying some new furnishings.
In general, the person viewed it where staying in a basement seems too lower class. The funny thing was, the size of the basement in general is actually larger than the entire home that the person visiting originally lives in within their hometown. So of course, to him it seems really good.
Sometimes I think it is just silly to compare your belongings based on other people’s standards. Just because someone considers flying in a private jet as a norm for them doesn’t mean you need to break out the bank account to match those standards. Appreciate what you have I’d say and value it based on your own needs. That way you will also have more money left over for other things such as investing to make more.