What’s the “silent cost” no one warned you about in adulthood?

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Politics are probably more important than talent.

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The problem arises when you want to start making more money. You can’t really have both, without being a freelancer. And that’s got its own issues.

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Start saving in your early 20s. Your career and your earning potential don't last as long as you expect, and the best time to prepare for the future is when it is decades away.

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this is so true! when you’re super young it seems like it’s ok to be constantly annoyed at work and as though jobs are dropping from the sky and there will always be another one.

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I wish someone had sat me down when I was younger and really done a number to convince me not to go into advertising. This business has a lot of hidden costs, from mental health strain to job insecurity to the big empty hole where a sense of purpose should be LOL.

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The ageism of this industry in particular. A lot of folks falter right when most would be hitting their peak earning years. And it's not for lack of talent or not keeping up with new skills or being bad at the political side of things. It's just being a high number on a spreadsheet in an industry run by ignorant holding company bean counters.

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Yep. Literally the last two agency presidents I worked for were let go.

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Work/Life balance isn’t a thing an employer can give you; balancing work and home life is the core challenge of adulthood and leaning too far in either direction has silent costs as well as loud ones.

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The reality of saving/investing for retirement as of day one.

Ageism is another

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No marriage and no kids will keep your head full of hair

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Tell that to the kid I knew in hs that was starting to go bald by senior year.

The mental load of being a working mom.

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THIS

This job is mostly about getting the right people to like you

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Whether you’re rich or poor, save money.

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mental health is key.

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Realizing my parents are not in fact good parents or people for that matter

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My mother’s advice “you can be whatever you want, don’t worry about money” oof, ouch, yeah.

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Which advise?

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You can work hard and do all the right things, but you have no control over what happens and how other people treat you. Get comfortable doing things without any expectation of a positive outcome.

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Staying with the wrong guy waiting for him to change costs wasted years. LESSON: FIRE FAST.

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Being single 💀

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Honestly not wrong 😂 the amount of money I could save if I had a significant other to help with bills is insane

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It you aren’t enjoying it, change it. Whatever it is.

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The truth, although interesting, is irrelevant. Perception is reality.

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Someone once told me we live in a post truth world. It stung badly at the time but she was right

Divorce

Your pride.

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