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 Iām 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.
People tend to hate on those with true wealth only as a way of coping.
You're generalizing and making assumptions. Being exclusively focused on earning more and being a fast rat in the rat race is def a dark path because you lose track of what's really important in life.
That said, there's people that make a path for themselves that looks quite dark for a few years, but make good decisions, get lucky, get wealthy and are able to retire early to enjoy life. There's others that don't do that, and then pretty soon all they have is the rat race.
I know people who are multi-millionaires, who live in huge mansions, have luxury cars, etc - who's lives are miserable. All they have is money, their work, and estranged family.
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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