I feel this. It's kind of addicting to chase a bigger paycheck. I actually talk about it a lot in therapy and it's been helpful.

Oh shit! Thats I need money, god damn!. When we first met-up, he wrote on a slip of paper "I NEED MONEY", I said "shit, me too!". We started making it together after that.

Must be a pandemic! Me too! And everyone I know too!