I stumbled upon TMF back in the summer of 2011 when I was sixteen years old. Image attached.
In the past ten years I graduated with a marketing degree from a college here in Canada, and ended up as a growth marketer for Canada's biggest tech company.
I love my job. I spend my 9-5 working from home, running marketing experiments to get more kids to start businesses. I live at home due to Corona, and I'm moving to the city in August. I've got no debt, unlimited vacation, insurance, and a comfortable salary. If I won the lottery I'd still show up to work. I'm satisfied.
But something's missing. Seeing that message I sent to MJ a decade ago broke my heart. I've dabbled with entrepreneurship my entire life, but as soon as I got this job the motivation vanished.
I've become content with where I'm at in life, and complacent with my entrepreneurial ventures. There's no drive.
When I was in college I wanted money. I was broke, and dreamed of owning a Jaguar before I graduated. At 26, I have money. Living at home and some stock grants have let me save up, and I could comfortably live out the rest of my twenties unemployed. I've been practicing Stoicism, and the thought of big houses and fast cars make me feel guilty for owning so much while others don't.
I've never had a "F*ck this event", and I don't know when I will. I'm trying to find something new to make me hungry. I guess that's why I ended up here- to see if some of you can relate.
I'm on track to live a perfectly upper-middle class life. And I'm afraid ten years from now, I'll regret it.
-N
In the past ten years I graduated with a marketing degree from a college here in Canada, and ended up as a growth marketer for Canada's biggest tech company.
I love my job. I spend my 9-5 working from home, running marketing experiments to get more kids to start businesses. I live at home due to Corona, and I'm moving to the city in August. I've got no debt, unlimited vacation, insurance, and a comfortable salary. If I won the lottery I'd still show up to work. I'm satisfied.
But something's missing. Seeing that message I sent to MJ a decade ago broke my heart. I've dabbled with entrepreneurship my entire life, but as soon as I got this job the motivation vanished.
I've become content with where I'm at in life, and complacent with my entrepreneurial ventures. There's no drive.
When I was in college I wanted money. I was broke, and dreamed of owning a Jaguar before I graduated. At 26, I have money. Living at home and some stock grants have let me save up, and I could comfortably live out the rest of my twenties unemployed. I've been practicing Stoicism, and the thought of big houses and fast cars make me feel guilty for owning so much while others don't.
I've never had a "F*ck this event", and I don't know when I will. I'm trying to find something new to make me hungry. I guess that's why I ended up here- to see if some of you can relate.
I'm on track to live a perfectly upper-middle class life. And I'm afraid ten years from now, I'll regret it.
-N
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