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I know Liver King is out there but my roommate has been living by his “9 ancestral tenets” and it basically changed his life. Anyone else that follows something similar seen benefits? Seems like he’s rooted on well being and staying connected with the world around you. Even if you think he’s weird his YouTube video is well put together.
https://youtu.be/QzZ0y5w_1iA
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Making decisions based on money isn't always a great choice. This capitalist system of earning more and more is unfulfilling.
I know, I love my job and feel super well supported at my company, I just can’t help but feel inferior to peers who make more, esp knowing that the gap is only going to grow with age. Just worried I’ll regret it when it’s too late
I would love to make more money and I’m sure that I can find a job that will pay 💰 pretty quickly but my company is pretty amazing. I know that with time I’ll be moving on up since we are growing pretty quickly. Leadership is so so important. I have the flexibility, a good leader, a pretty good salary and I’m close to home. Yesterday I had to take my dog to the emergency vet at 9pm and I didn’t get back home until around 3am. I told my boss and she told me to take a 2 hr nap and finish up my work later. It sounds pretty minor but none of my previous bosses has ever said something like that to me. It’s not always greener on the other side and money isn’t everything. There’s some things that money cannot buy and that nap was one of them!
Your mental health should be your number one priority. If you make more money, but become incredibly stressed and it takes a toll on your body, you won’t enjoy the money.
I’ll be honest, I’m in the same situation. I know I can make more money elsewhere but I love my team and the company I work for. I’ve been searching forever for a great team to grow me. That being said, I just found out through Fishbowl that I’m making significantly less than I should be… I’m going to ask for more money at my performance review coming up.
I know this is shady but have you tried getting another offer elsewhere for more money and then bringing it to your company to ask for salary matching? I know you have to be ready to leave if they say no, but my coworkers did that and got the salary bump.
I can’t tell you what to do, and it seems like you might regret not making more money, but maybe since you’re in a good position, you can search elsewhere until you’re actually happy with the salary and the company?
Are you still being challenged at work? Do you feel like you’re growing and learning? Can you give yourself a timeline?
I would guess that beneath the guilt is a layer of fear. Perhaps a fear of not having enough resources or a fear of falling behind your peers. It's quite easy to compare with others and have these uncertainties and doubt surface.
Guilt is a normal feeling and it's worthwhile to continue to better understand it. Sometimes you don't need to do anything (For example, change your job), and instead learn to accept the feeling and be content with who you are and where you are in life.
You can also consider the mental headspace that you have to focus on other forms of wealth generation like investing into yourself or financial investments.
This is the exact position I am in right now... I'm 28 and make good money and work reasonable hours with a team I respect. But I am aware that I could be making 50% more if I went to a different firm that would give me overall greater exposure/learning experiences but me much more demanding and require much longer hours. Have been panicking because staying at my current role essentially locks me out of the broader industry due to its narrow focus, but is the type of firm I'd probably want to work at once I have a family and don't want to focus on work as much. Just worried I would miss the extra money later in life and regret not pushing harder now while I am still young and don't yet have kids
Achievement is not the same as self worth. For example, does a high school teacher have more self worth than a rich ceo? How do you measure self worth? Does it increase based on money, status...?