Feeling so low lately due to keeping up with the joneses and comparing myself. I miss being a kid when I didn’t know what status symbols were and when I didn’t care about money. I remember even as a senior in high school thinking that 70K a year seemed like a massive salary. Sometimes ignorance is bliss I suppose.

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It is entirely possible to stop giving a fuck about the jones. And I would argue it is the most important thing you can do for yourself.

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“He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature”

-Socrates

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Take a moment to consider all the things that being joy in your life: family, friends, lifestyle, hobbies, activities, etc.

Comparison will ruin you so actively spend time considering everything that makes you happy, not what you’re missing out on compared to what facade you see on social media.

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I make around 70k a year right now in a HCOL area and it’s shit money. 45k had the same purchasing power in the year 2000 as 70k does today. Thanks inflation.

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70k in low col for the win

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I remember when I was making $30k, I dreamt of $40k. After graduation, I just wanted a job. That job paid me $45k. I would kill for $60k. Now I make $74k and would die for $90k. It never stops man.

Just think that there is someone out there who would like to keep up with you! They would like to have what you have.

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