What salary do you think would make you happy? (lemmy.world)

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[-] Doxatek@mander.xyz 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

(sorry for the story)

I think I'm okay. So far I guess. I'm in my first job after grad school and am almost there a year. I was hired at 58,000 but they did an adjustment because retention was so poor and now I make 69,000.

When I was younger I always thought 70k would be the number I would be totally fine with but adjusted for inflation 70k then was a lot more than now.

I had been making about 10k a year before now working fast food while in school. It was a weird feeling for me because I was so happy to pretty much meet my "goal". I thought I would feel so rich after that jump. I have no lifestyle inflation because I live in the same place and drive the same shitty 500 dollar car I have for years.

But for some reason I feel just as poor as I always felt and it feels like nothing changed and it's not going as far as I thought it would. I thought it would be life changing. And it is I suppose but not like I thought.

I feel bad complaining when it's a privilege and many people make worse. Even I made less until recently. The entire system is just fucked and I feel bad for anyone who makes less than me because I still feel pressure and I don't even really have anything.

Sorry if this makes me sound like a piece of shit I'm not trying to come off this way

[-] PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 10 months ago

(sorry for the story)

All good; I'm usually on your side of this interaction.

But for some reason I feel just as poor as I always felt and it feels like nothing changed and it's not going as far as I thought it would.

I mean I made 15k a year doing fast food before I went back to school, and even that was hugely important for me to get my mental health in order. I can't go back now though; too much has changed, and I need to focus on grad school.

I feel bad complaining when it's a privilege and many people make worse.

Don't. It sucks that we have to work at all. You always have a right to vent and be an emotional human no matter how safe your situation actually is relative to others.

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