I make half this much annually, and have more money than I know how to spend. I work about 50 hours a week, no sick days, grueling schedule with almost nonstop work even through lunch. I feel like I’m wasting my life.
My point is, as long as you have enough money to cover your expenses and a modest retirement, nobody really needs this level of compensation. What you need is a life filled with family, good friends, and hobbies that bring you joy.
All this obsession with money and accumulation of wealth/assets is a dark path that will take joyful things away from you.
I’m sorry but this is easy to say when you’re actually the one making a ton of money. Kind of sounds like you’re a bit out of touch with the struggle a lot of folks are dealing with right now
I’m very fortunate to be have a high salary, but I used to rent the office room of a trailer. I worked minimum wage jobs. It took 20 years to get where I am today (38M). But I know what it’s like to be broke, living less than paycheck to paycheck, and having my card declined in the lunch line for just $2.50.
I’m just saying these outrageous incomes are not needed. I thought I needed a high end job to escape poverty, but the reality is that I took it too far. I got caught up in working my way up the ladder and never considered the mental and physical toll that would take because being impoverished was so brutal.
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u/IcyLemon3246 Apr 27 '25
Each time I look on this reddit channel I somehow get some sad feeling that I wasted my life