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I think I would feel quietly disappointed to be honest. I definitely thought I would be making more by now. I am proud of where I am, dont get me wrong. But I definitely thought I would be making more by now.
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Yeah, I get that feeling completely. It’s such a quiet, nagging kind of disappointment, like you’re proud of the work you’ve put in and the person you’ve become, but there’s still this little voice going “huh… I really thought the numbers would look different by now.”It’s okay to hold both at the same time. You can be genuinely happy with your progress and still feel kind of robbed by the version of the future you used to picture. That gap between expectation and reality hits harder when it’s about money because it feels so concrete.
For what it’s worth, a lot of people in their 30s/40s (assuming that’s roughly the ballpark) are secretly having the exact same conversation with themselves. The timeline we all imagined when we were 22 rarely survives contact with real life.You’re allowed to grieve the version of success you thought you’d have by now. Doesn’t mean you’re ungrateful or that you’re doing it wrong. It just means you’re human.
I’d be ecstatic. In 2015, I was underpaid and overworked. Now I’m at least paid well and overworked.
That is moving on up in this world! At least I can now live comfortably in my stress and not in a sad apartment with the water shut off!