There is an old saying “comparison is the enemy of joy”. I go to work to exchange labor for money and then exchange that money for goods and services.
I don’t earn money to appease my ego.
I don’t earn money to appease my ego.
I barely go out, I don't spend any money on fun things and I do personal upkeep on my nearly 14 year old car.
This advice seems to come significantly from boomers.
I’m not the one struggling trying to find a job…
I’ve done my stint at BigTech.
To be blunt. If you can’t make more than $140K, the market is telling you something. You only “deserve” what the market is willing to pay you.
Because it is your ego. A “modest” life is living at the income level of the 50th percentile - not the 80th percentile.
The minute I brought up $140K you said you felt bad because you wanted to do better than someone else.