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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It sounds like OP's trust is pumping out $50k per year at most.  Which explains why she was able to keep up when her friends were poor students, but now that they're in their 30s with decent jobs, she can no longer keep up (nice apartment, vacations, nice things etc).

I find it incredible someone would blow off their whole working life responsibility based on this paltry sum.  DC is literally FILLED with people getting this kind of support from something other than a job.  Lots of people with trust funds, and inheritances. But even more common is just people in their 20s and 30s whose parents still pay the credit card bills.  A a huge chunk of DC people in their 30s and 40s whose parents buy them a $1m-$2m house (which is the equivalent of more than a $50k annual payment), or pay for multiple kids' private schools at $40k a pop, for instance. People getting five and six figure payments from parents in perpetuity, much like OP.  And these people all still work regular DC jobs and still hustle.

[b]That OP never bothered to work hard speaks way more to OP's personality and core qualities, and not because OP has a trust fund. [/b] [/quote]

Thank you.  I know people in DC who are in line to inherit billions, and more who are in line to inherit many millions, who still work hard every day.  I also know people with minimal or no trust funds and multiple advanced degrees who have done absolutely nothing with their lives.

I'm willing to believe that someone can change, but I don't think OP cares about finding "meaning and purpose." I think OP is just mad that their friends are living better and wants to find a way to get there that doesn't involve drudgery.  [/quote]

This is so DC area puritanical work ethic coming out.  In most cultures around the world it’s considered fine for someone to live off family wealth, or to do things that they love that don’t make them money.  Good for OP for not signing up for a job she hated of endless drudgery.
Besides, there’s more than one way to skin a cat. If you got outside the DC bubble, and lived in a major city, you would see there are plenty of people who manage to make lots of money from a passion.  Desk work is not for everyone, nor does it have to be.  But most people here are government drones and they have one very narrow minded idea of what it is to have a career, passion, or to make money[/quote]

Oh, please.  OP didn't ask "How do I find my passion?"  OP basically said, "I used to be the rich one, and now all my friends are making more money and I'm jealous, but I can't seem to hold down a real job for more than 6 months. How do I make money without working hard at something that isn't fun?"

FWIW, one of the most successful people from my HS was an art major in college, and works in his field. This person worked very hard at what they do for many years. Before I retired and moved out of DC to pursue my "passion," I had a job I loved in a field that I found fascinating, but it also involved many hours of just plain hard work.  No job is always fun.

OP doesn't want to work.  In fact, they didn't even stick around to see the suggestions from this thread. [/quote]

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