re: Here's how much money you should have saved at every age

See above, about keeping up with Jonses. Choosing not to save because of the fun stuff you can buy NOW rather than the potential stuff you can buy later is not the same as not being able to save without degrading quality of life.

And your link supports my assertion, not yours.

To have that abysmal of a savings track, you aren't saving at all. Forget the benchmarks in the OP, put aside 25/week into a roboinvester, and you'll be shocked at how fast it will grow, and how fast it will exceed the averages in your second post.

Are you saying that pretty much everyone will have their social lives severely hampered by spending 25/week less?