The world is my oyster because I am 30 years old making 150. It only goes up from here.
I always find that the people that say that money isn't important are the ones more leveraged than I am. My expenses have actually been reduced over the past 4 years.
So yeah, you may laugh at my thinking 150 (plus wife's 45k a year) is good money, the fact of the matter is I am able to save $4,000 a month and invest it other worthwhile things. My mortgage is affordable and 2 out of 3 cars are paid for.
You all assume that a family making 200k a year like mine does have stresses from the job. Not at all. Is it harder than dropping samples and catering? Sure. But is it easier than being an on-call surgeon? Of course.
I think it is a hell of a lot better than a family making say 50-100k a year with three kids, a mortgage, 2 car payments, 10 k in credit card debt, student loan payments, and maybe a few grand in the bank. That creates a stress I would never want to have. ANd these are the sort of people that "HAVE TO" take a vacation every year, or buy a boat, etc.
If you don't think those sort of stresses are real versus what I deal with in med device, than I don't think you are being honest with yourself. I can honestly I don't worry about money. And that makes my life easier because I know that every month, everything gets paid for, nothing gets taken away and at the end of the year another 40-60k is put into some sort of investment.
Jealousy is a powerful human emotion. We all feel it.
