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You’re 24. I’m in my 40’s with young kids, aging parents, and trying to work around a pandemic with a hundred other problems right now.
What that means is, I have zero time or energy to deal with your feelings of inadequacy from your great job, great career, great salary, and your “tons of fulfillment.” I’m sorry your rich friend made you feel sad.
Good?
Has anyone gone back and actually reread OP’s post? The crux of the whole post was my friend in IB makes me feel inadequate because they make more money than me. That was it. That was what I was responding to. This conversation has gone so far off the rails since then that I’m not even sure what I said that everyone is so offended by 🤷🏼♂️
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When you’re 24, you’ll be chasing wealth or a job that can supply part of it. When you’re 34, you’ll be chasing more wealth, a honey, and the American dream. When you’re 44, you’ll be seeking that C-level position and how to get your kids out of trouble. When you’re 54, that perfect retirement, and getting your kids to talk to you. When you’re 64, you’ll be trying to keep your memory sharp and that agility you once had. When you’re 74, you’ll be trying not to pee your bed and wish you could walk the way you once had. By 84, you’ll be fighting aging/ dying, seeing friends around you pass... and the cycle continues.
Don’t live to work. Work to live. Find passion and fulfillment in things that don’t fade. Money, in and of itself, will never make you happy. When you leave behind this life, money won’t come with you. Put stock in people other than yourself, maybe the unfortunate who need your help the most, and doing good in this world, because that’s what will bring you joy.
Stop comparing yourself to others. There will always be someone more attractive, more successful, more rich, more brilliant. Stop being a rat in the rat wheel. Only compare yourself to who you used to be and make incremental gains. Do it for you and not for the guy next to you. Stop trying to impress others, life is simply too short.
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When people wonder about sharing salaries with friends and family, this is why you should think twice. Someone feels inadequate or resentful or looks at you a little differently. The worst is your situation when you start to look at yourself and your life differently. Don’t.
EY, haters gonna be hating, and there's no point in giving them your time of day. Having said that, all things considered, you are in a good place right now. At 24, I had very little experience working 3 jobs at less than competitive pay and trying to pay for my school and family's expenses. I was trying to get my degree while my friend was bragging about getting her CPA and working for a big 4, living her dream life. By the time she was 27, she was married, with a kid, unhappy and trying to work as a yoga instructor still unsuccessfully today.
What I'm trying to say is, everyone has a different path in life, so you shouldn't compare yours to others. If you want to be a millionaire, you'll have better chances of getting there working for yourself and not someone else. So find your niche like your friend, make a plan and start hustling. Make your long term goals be it money, family, health or happiness, and set off to achieve it. Your plans will have to change and it won't always be easy. Just live by your own standards and don't let anyone deter you. 🤷♀️
You have achieved having a fulfilling life, so don’t worry about what your friends are doing. Focus in on the work and hobbies and relationships that fulfill you, and you may end up richer than your friend.
Congrats you secured a good job but realized others have bigger aspirations in life than working for someone else. Now shut up and keep pushing that pencil because clearly you’re too much of a coward to go create something on your own and would rather just sulk and complain about it. It’s ok though, most people are just like you. However, don’t complain because someone had the guts and drive to create their own business while you’re choosing to take the safe route collecting a guaranteed salary from one of the largest accounting firms in a very secure industry.
You really can’t complain though, you’re playing things safe and because of that will be a pencil pusher your whole life, at least you’re a well paid laborer.
What? FC, do you always attack folks who have anxiety? Glad we're not acquainted.
For what its worth I'm the same age. I'm not focused on a massive salary. I'm focused in building knowledge and my investments. The idea being build up strong equity and then build up a passive income.
I have friends looking to become ultra wealthy this is not my goal.
My goal is to make wise investment decisions and live within my means then in my 30-40s be able to live on my passive income whenever I want to take a break or do independent work!
All about quality of life in my opinion
It's all about risk and reward. Are you willing to leave a stable job to take a chance? I go through it too, what if this, what if that. Still here 7 years later.
Imagine how far behind you’ll feel in 10 years lol. Learn to enjoy your life without comparisons.
Okay, reality check dude.
1. You’re happy
2. You’re financially secure
3. You have a personal life.
4. You’re in your twenties
There are people out in the world who:
1. Are sad and depressed
2. Poor (relatively speaking)
3. Slaving two double end jobs to support themselves and potentially others
4. Still in #1-3 in their 30, 40s
You need a reality check. A dose of gratitude. You are doing great in life. Stop and smell the roses. You will never find true happiness until you learn to stop and have true gratitude. Otherwise you are always going to find something to gripe about. Stop comparing yourself to others on here to find self worth. You are not falling behind. Everyone always wants to present the better version of themselves. If you are on here and comparing yourself to others of course you are going to feel behind.
Take a deep breathe, take stock of where you were 5, hell..even 1 year ago. Realize how far you have come. Appreciate it. Money isn’t everything. You have it made. Smell the roses at EY for a few years. Keep chasing something like a paycheck and it will never be enough. Even if you sacrifice the happiness and the personal life in the process. The money will never substitute.
It appears no one has the real answers to what you’re after. It’s not their fault, they’re not you.
Take this thread in a macro manner and assess the positive responses you felt and the negatives, they both serve a purpose. Good luck, we’re all on this journey.
Have you ever tried to see from someone else point of view? They might say that you are young and have a good career start and love your work. Not many people can say that. Maybe even the IB friend might be jealous of you for having no baggage, stable career. He might be a millionaire first but you also need time to enjoy which he may not get due to stress of managing the money.
When I was 30 and really in a dead end spot in my career, and we hired an executive director who was 8 months older than me, to run the whole organization. Her success/my lack of was a wake up call that I needed to be less stagnant and more ambitious. I learned recently that she passed away. So no too journeys are the same. I may never be as successful or accomplished as she, but I’m here to see another day!
You should focus on yourself not others
Every other person story sir.. That guy is also thinking same from someone else, same as you thinking after looking at him.
Maybe finish puberty first before you post this crap.
I think you should concentrate on what makes you happy, being a millionaire can be a target but be happy and living your daily non working hours are more important.
EY is not suitable for one to stay long. 2-3 years are enough for graduate to get necessary working experience through bunch tough daily dirty work. If you want to get more money try to search for other position out of big 4.
However work in hedge fund seems not as interesting as you imagine.
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