If only it was that easy. Wages aren't increasing according to inflation. So people will be forced to have two or more jobs to help satisfy their needs. Not everyone is willing to do this. Especially when it comes to establishing a work-life balance. Do you prefer to become a workaholic and have no life? Or all the other way around?
i am pretty sire that if we all had a choice, we would choose not to work but live luxuriously that would be the dream life wouldn’t it? but alas real life is not like that and we have to work harder if it means we get to support our loved ones and even if it means we won’t get much time with said family sometimes sacrifices are necessary
By all means, we should work smarter. Not harder. The best thing you can do is minimize spending and prioritize saving and investing.
in some cases we should do both
some people are gonna need to work harder first to earn some money save some before they get into investing