Does anyone else ever get tired of being ambitious and wish instead that they had the ability to be average and still be content with life?

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Some day it's going to hit you that you aren't getting rich doing this. You will aim for the middle with the intent of keeping the paychecks coming while looking for a way out and secretly thinking it wouldn't be so bad if you got laid off so you could refocus and decide what you really want to do with your life. This is called burnout and it happens to everyone.

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Completely agree OP. And lol @ the people who think you're just talking about being average at consulting. I look around and see people with mediocre jobs and little money who are way happier and content with life than I am and wonder why I have to be so ambitious all the time

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Management consultants: insecure overachievers.

The Economist wrote an article about it...

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Yes - it's like I'm built to be a little discontented either way.

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My issue is settling for average pay

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It's why we all drink so much...🍸🍷🍻😉

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Every day, for real, but as BCG1 said, not for long. I guess I realize that a normal life (at least my definition of it) would become too boring very quickly!

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I had a normal life. Same money as consulting. Home everyday at 6. Hated it. Embrace who you are. I got over the need to be normal in Junior High.

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People come to consulting for the money, but stay for the lifestyle. If you are here for the money, you won't last long.

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Sometimes. But never for long.

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I had a red tape job... Meaning I could sit behind a desk, do minimal work, and collect a pay check but I was losing my mind. Left after one year.

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Every time I pass by the happy receptionist at my client site who likely has time to go to the gym and see friends and cook nice meals after work I think this

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Matthew 6:25-34

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I honestly think of this all the time. I see other people be just "average" as seniors and they still make about the same pay I do. Why do I have to work so hard for such minimal reward? I'm built this way too, but I'm burning out very fast. I'm trying to switch out of Public Sector and go commercial soon, so that might bring some type of change to my life. Maybe.

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Feeling this today!! Just got back from PTO and getting "back to reality" got me like🙅🏼🙅🏼🙅🏼

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Some days I walk into Starbucks and am a little jealous. They look (fake or not) happy and they don't have to think about work when they leave for the day.

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As a woman, I feel that when some of my friends who are homemakers and spend every evening going out with their kids. Even the ones with jobs have very flexible schedules and have a pretty good social life

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EY1- mid 30s, have kids, still feel this way... I can't help myself - insecure overachiever for sure

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I think some of you taking this to the extreme (like the post above me). I would never do less than my best at anything I've been assigned. However, it can be really frustrating to be an overachiever at these firms, and I think that's a valid conversation. I've been a one the past two years, and recently, they have spread me incredibly thin. I put in hours five of the last seven weekends, and have consistently been doing 12+ hour days. I'm 25 and have basically had no summer because of it. The reason this happened comes down to a bunch of factors, but it's happening to *me* because I'm an overachiever and they think I'm okay with doing this.

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Other problem is everyone assumes they are alphas....self awareness is something I see way too many people lack.

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