That depends on era, occupation, and (pardon) your race.

Here's my previous answer on how common Indonesians fared under the Dutch rule. In short, we weren't too happy about it and Dutch is still being painted in a bad light, varying from very bad to slightly biased, in Indonesia's history lessons and history books.

Local Indonesians fared the worst of all; they were mostly farmers by occupation and were sapped dry during Cultuurstelsel time as had been stated at the comment above. Their normal life was colored by poverty, hunger, and overall sufferings.

There were some traders also, and they mostly had a better life than the farmers. The best life of these commoners were had by those who worked in government instances or in Dutch' houses or rich Chinese businessmen's houses. They worked as normal employees / servants. Maidservants might be the most tedious job, not unlike maids of Victorian era (from 5-6 in the morning to late at night, sometimes as late as 11 or 12).

The royals and local rulers on the other hand, were enjoying more privileges than commoners. Children of royals were able to be educated in Dutch schools, although they were still treated differently from the Dutch's children. They were also allowed to wear European-style clothes.

There was one more class, which was formed over time: the converted locals. These locals converted to Christianity and were allowed to wear European-styled dress to signify they were 'superior' to their unconverted counterparts, just like the royals. (Non-Christians were obliged to wear traditional clothes). This rule made it easier for the Dutch to distinguished people, especially when crimes had been committed, which wasn't uncommon considering the dire living situation of the locals. They would know right away what the criminal's race was from the clothes (every race had their own traditional clothes, like Sundanese clothes from West Java or Balinese clothes from Bali).

Keraton Surakarta during early 1900s was the luckiest one (or the obvious traitor) since they were known to be very buddy-buddy with the Dutch (until now there are some older generations who hate Keraton Surakarta for their role during colonialization). The royals were also known for hedonism during the era of poverty; driving around the city in cars, drinking lemonade, eating in the restaurants for Europeans and watching movies in theaters and cinemas. The men went hunting, the Sultan taking his troops dressed in the uniform of Dutch soldier, with European rifles.

Chinese Indonesians fared better. Ever since the massacre 1740, the Dutch issued Wijkenstelsel: Chinese Indonesians were not allowed to live outside the designated areas or Chinatown (commonly known as pecinan in Indonesian). Chinese Indonesians at the time were mostly traders and businessmen (especially sugarcane industry), some were even known as the richest people in Indonesia. One particular Chinese Indonesian businessman was even known as the richest man in Southeast Asia at the time, and his daughter had written a memoir of her family's life and discord in her autobiography book 'No Feast Last Forever'. Her name is Oei Hui Lian. Common Chinese Indonesians lived in varying degrees of quality from poor to rich, but not as bad as the local farmers. Dutch needed traders, so they let Chinese Indonesians be. But. There is a but.

The Dutch took money from them in various ways other than slavery, such as taxing them for many things other than the common tax; queue tax, income tax, and luxury goods tax. Most Chinese were also employed as tax collector, which further drove a wedge between Chinese Indonesians and local Indonesians (which persists even until now).

So, in overall, we have a common farmer, whose daily life was about work, work, and work. Eating when they could afford it, then working again. No school, no life outside of work, even for the children.

Then there were maids and servants of the rich people of the day whose daily life was, well, working, but at least their bellies were full and their living places were proper.

Chinese Indonesians lived in their own Chinatown, trading and doing business as usual, some working as tax collectors, some opening shops, some become a king of business and lived in a castle-like houses, wearing the best clothes and eating the best food.

Royals lived as royals should, only they admitted Dutch as their 'superior' much like a lesser kingdom admitted superiority to the bigger kingdom. Some uncooperating kingdoms were demolished, though, with the devide et impera move, or pitting them against each other. The Kingdom of Mataram was split into two, Keraton Surakarta and Keraton Jogjakarta due to this, both Keratons still exist today.

By the way sorry for the lateness; I forgot my email password so I couldn't read the notification for new questions lol.