The more I make, the more I want. Soon as I can afford a $1m house, only the $2-3m houses look good. I want more European vacations. I want more Michelin star dining experiences. I want the country club membership. I want the AMG version. I’d also like to retire one day. Sigh. TC $340k MCOL
I hear you though… nice stuff is nice! It’s what you get used to though
Me too bro, but my gf doesn't like the idea of single point of failure and an eastern European model backup gf
Get new friends… guessing you are comparing yourself to other corporate slaves
Kind of the opposite…I don’t know who I’m comparing myself to. I feel like I make a lot but am still so far away from having it all. Who are these people that do, what are they doing…
I done European vacations. It was okay. Not worth the money tbh. Every one keep talking about as if it were the best thing in earth. Expectations got built up too high, was pretty disappointed when I'm actually there. Once you see a few beach, they all look the same.
That’s what I thought.
I was thinking about this recently. This is why burnout for luxury isn’t worth it. Once you have a decent, simple life you don’t need to keep upgrading. You’ll enjoy the nice expensive thing for a while, but quickly adapt. Then the problem is you can’t go back either. The hedonistic treadmill never stops.
There’s a hole inside of you that money can’t fill, see a therapist
I think you might be right
I wasn’t trying to be an ass about it, I’ve gotten caught up in chasing more and more money as well. Turns out I was just continuously tricking myself into thinking “once I make X or have Y net worth or that new car, then I’ll be happy”. Then as soon as I achieved that, the goal posts shifted, it’s called the arrival fallacy if you want to look it up. Me and my spouse have gone from a HH TC of like $50k to $550-600k in 6 years and every step of the way I just kept wanting more. Having a child was what snapped me out of it, now I care more about modeling a healthy life with WLB and friends over making a lot of money
Lifestyle creep. Live simply and enjoy life