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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think people go to school and get advanced degrees to attain higher incomes.  They measure success against their high achieving cohorts, so that then becomes a problem.

"Am I a successful doctor / lawyer if I only earn $150k?"

To the rest of us, of course $150k is doing well, but for that person who knows many people who went to the same schools and earned the same degree who earn $400k, it seems tragic.

When people imagine earning a good living, they incorrectly believe that money earns them freedom.  Often times, high earners believe they should have a certain type of lifestyle, which only shackles them into longer hours and less free time.  [/quote]

It just seems so goddamn depressing. Earning enough money to enjoy yourself is wonderful - I know this from years where I didn't have enough for that, and years when I did. The years I did have been better.

But I just feel so sad hearing the relentless complaining about not being able to buy this or that, and the neighbor who can afford this thing and I can't get it, and blah blah blah. It just seems so goddamn grim. [/quote]

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