Career Advice Needed

hhhvgggvg · 2019-02-12T06:01:36+00:00

if he is young he should go through the stress and set his life up, if he is middle aged or old he should stick to the peace its his decision after all

TheNecropantser · 2019-02-12T06:10:25+00:00

What was he doing? I worked sales out of college and was making bank but every night I went to bed not wanting to wake up. The stress always got to me, whether I was with family or drunk with friends etc. Glad I learned that life lesson early, sometimes it just isn’t worth the extra money.

DWShimoda · 2019-02-12T07:17:32+00:00

He took a huge pay cut for his new job but misses the money.

His problem isn't income, it's outgo... he didn't "dial back" on his lifestyle (or at least not far enough) to be properly inline with his new lower wages...

As their career advances/wages or salary RISE, most people rather quickly (and sort of automatically) become habituated to spending on that higher level (frequently reaching even higher in the form of borrowing & payments) -- without necessarily being any happier for it in the long run-- it's called the "hedonic treadmill." In fact the "adaptation" that occurs usually ends up negating the initial feelings of increased happiness that came with the income rise... people quickly return to their prior level of satisfaction (or dissatisfaction) with their life.

Unfortunately the "adaptation" DOESN'T seem to happen quite so "automatically" when the scenario reverses. It typically takes a rather significant and conscious effort to mentally "readjust" to a lower level of income (or more properly to a lower level of spending).

One way to do that is to make it into more of a "game" or puzzle to be solved: that is instead of bemoaning NOT being able to afford thing X at $10,000 (and then putting all effort into EARNING that amount) -- instead making it a matter of seeing HOW you might be able to do it for $1,000 or $2,000/$2,500... and then possibly other changes in your life/spending that could be done to come up with that amount.

jkarovskaya · 2019-02-12T15:05:50+00:00

Suck it up, go back to the high paying job, and deal with it,

Trades or STEM are best for guys.

Title	Career Advice Needed
Author	PericlesWrites
Upvotes	6
Comments	15
Date	February 12, 2019 5:58 AM UTC (7 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MGTOW
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