I’m currently staring at a job offer that would double my salary but require me to move to a city I absolutely loathe. I’m talking about a jump from $120k to $250k. The office is in a suburban corporate park three hours away from any decent nightlife or culture. My current life is great, but that kind of money would set my family up for life. What would you do?

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I would take it and plan for the short term. Ie Try it out for 3-5 years and really pad your investments. You might end up being a little happy there but that’s a substantial pay increase.

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I would take it and do the job to save up. It’s better to sacrifice now to make more. That way you can use that money to invest and compound the interest.

Wow you sound exactly me about 9 years ago. I moved countries, with $500 bucks and 2 suitcases of clothes. I had 4 years of IB experience and was doing well back at my home city/country. When I moved, I found myself lonely and watched my friends insta stories of having fun. I’m 38 now and retired. I have the money to go wherever I want and I do as well. I own a house and have investments I never thought were achievable. Now they see my stories but the point was not to create envy, but to prove myself that I can do it. It changed my life. Every step out of comfort zone will teach you new things - in the form of responsibilities. Thats called growing up. Your life goal changes very fast. Welcome to the real world.

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