The unemployment ran out. Sold stuff. Feels like I'm set back about five years.
I hate the new job btw, they want me to work like a W2 employee but classify me as a contractor (I put in 65 hours last week, only paid for 40). Obv no healthcare.
Still in tech, and I didn't save as much as I should have but I've only ever made decent money for a little over two years in my entire adult life. Prior to that I think I maybe cleared 50k. When I hit six figures I finally traveled and enjoyed things.
Looks like that was the peak of my existence and now I feel like an old frick. If I didn't have supportive people in my life I wouldn't still be in it.
There's no point to this post other than I finally felt like I was living the life I imagined I would have back when I was an early 20s grindset jockey, and for what? Two years of a good life?
I threw away a lot of youth and not peepeeing around or enjoying my 20s because I thought that's what I needed to do to make my 30s easy. It didn't matter.
Maybe some of you have it figured out. I for fricking sure don't.
You learned the a hard important rule of having money. Make sure you pay the house (your savings). Saving 20k on 200k salary is hilariously terrible.
You're not wrong, I think I was increasingly challenging myself on how much shit I could buy. The work was stressful and I thought I had hit the lottery.
Definitely didn't realize how good I had it until it was gone.
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Dude's earning well over the median income and still crying about it
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