Feliponius
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- Jul 31, 2022
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Without boring you with the details I make just enough in my job to keep my family (4 young kids and a wife) from starving but not enough that I'll ever have a retirement. Having read most of TMF to know that I'm not even qualifying as a slow-laner is depressing. Couple that with the fact I'm in a highly technical and skilled trade, and recently discovered I'm being far underpaid, I'm feeling pretty discouraged. I signed a rock-solid non-compete as well which basically locks me out of trading individually on my skills.
The truth is by most standards I'm doing better than all my friends. My wages are higher than most of them make. They don't feel higher because of the single income, but it is higher. My area is pretty depressed and wages are somewhat stagnant. This doesn't help my situation.
All lanes out seem less than ideal. Other similar trades that are more likely to pay more come with severe caveats that make me feel like there's no sense for me to jump into. I'm not averse to working hard. But I'm feeling paralyzed by just how much the alternatives up the suck-factor.
Had a small business idea that would possibly generate some side income that might help us not feel so bottled in, and I intend to give it a shot (I'm not sure it could qualify as fastlane yet.) My friend however shot a few hundred bullet holes in just how profitable it would really be so I'm already feeling dejected before I even start.
How in the world do you guys overcome this mess?
So many guys on here are out there rocking it. How do you go from feeling like there's no point to trying to actually being successful? I know from reading other posts here not everyone is doing amazing, but man. I feel like I've been spinning my wheels for the better part of a decade and starting to really doubt I have what it takes to do much of anything to do better.
Sorry for the depression-fest.
The truth is by most standards I'm doing better than all my friends. My wages are higher than most of them make. They don't feel higher because of the single income, but it is higher. My area is pretty depressed and wages are somewhat stagnant. This doesn't help my situation.
All lanes out seem less than ideal. Other similar trades that are more likely to pay more come with severe caveats that make me feel like there's no sense for me to jump into. I'm not averse to working hard. But I'm feeling paralyzed by just how much the alternatives up the suck-factor.
Had a small business idea that would possibly generate some side income that might help us not feel so bottled in, and I intend to give it a shot (I'm not sure it could qualify as fastlane yet.) My friend however shot a few hundred bullet holes in just how profitable it would really be so I'm already feeling dejected before I even start.
How in the world do you guys overcome this mess?
So many guys on here are out there rocking it. How do you go from feeling like there's no point to trying to actually being successful? I know from reading other posts here not everyone is doing amazing, but man. I feel like I've been spinning my wheels for the better part of a decade and starting to really doubt I have what it takes to do much of anything to do better.
Sorry for the depression-fest.
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