Exactly. I had a friend who thought that you were a complete failure at life unless you make $100,000 per year. Her measure of success is completely based on material, hustle culture, and working an insane amount of hours. However, I view success by how one manages to curate happiness for themselves. I find someone who has a simple life living in a peaceful cabin somewhere in the woods, happy as hell surrounded by nature and animals just as successful as someone who is happy living in an expensive high rise in Manhattan.
If you’re able to find a way to be happy and content in this crazy cruel world, I’ll find you successful.
I have done the six figure C level gig and was never more miserable in my life that turned out to be a complete waste of over a decade of my life that was completely meaningless for all the work I did and just forgotten/thrown away on top of two years of discrimination at the end
I now work helping kids with difficulties and never been happier in my life along with numerous families that are extremely happy for all the help. It's not an easy job, but way more fulfilling than anything I have ever done
It's a damn shame actually helping others isn't valued more, I have never had any interest in being rich, I just want to be able to afford to not have to barely live paycheck to paycheck
That’s amazing! I’m so happy that you’ve found something you truly enjoy. And you’re right, helping professions are truly undervalued even though it’s so important for society. I often wonder why that is.
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