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I Regret My 6-Figure Job

Money Won’t Buy You Happiness

The Real Lizania
Feedium
3 min readJul 14, 2022

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I once read that the most comfortable annual salary for emotional well-being is between $60,000–$75,000. I didn’t think much about this back when I was making $75,000 per year because success is measured by your title and pay when you're climbing the corporate ladder.

I was making $70,000 when I read this. I guess it never fully soaked in how comfortable I was financially and emotionally until I gave it all up for more money. I had a very nice work-life balance, was able to pay my bills, and still save a lot of money. If I knew then that giving this up would mean sacrificing my mental health, I would have done things differently.

I am drowning. I make over 6-figures and I am unhappy. I accepted a job that offered $55,000 more per year than I was previously making. I was ecstatic when I got the job offer. I could not believe that anyone would want to pay me that much money.

But it came at a cost; it came at the expense of my happiness and emotional well-being. It is one of the biggest mistakes I have ever made.

I have never been more stressed out in my entire life. The pressure this high-paying job puts on me is unbearable at times. It puts a strain on my personal life and relationships.

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