BB, I don't think you were wrong on thinking this "I would have sneered at the idea that there was a higher purpose than working insane hours in exchange for business-class tickets and luxury hotels and company-paid junkets to Budapest. " when you were 25.
When you were 25, you only had 25 years of life experience to judge what's best for you at the time.
Who knows, maybe when you are 60 reflecting back on what you are doing now, you will think differently on what you think is best, too.
bripblap
· 2 years ago
GoldnSilver, I don't know if I was wrong to think that was a good short-term purpose, I just thought that was IT. I think it was a good idea to do it then, I just think I was a little short-sighted to think that there was nothing else. Now I'm a lot more accepting of different goals, and actually trying to reconcile my goals and my wife's and family's goals is an interesting and complicated experience. When I was younger, all I worried about was the short-term.
But you're right, maybe "wrong" is the wrong word. Maybe I should say "I know now that there are other pleasures besides the material ones" or something like that.
FourPillars
· 2 years ago
When I was in my twenties I was single and had no money so working a lot of hours to get ahead made sense at the time (and still does to some extent). However after almost getting laid off several years ago after working my butt off for the new company I realized that there is no benefit to sacrificing yourself for someone else. You might get a slightly higher raise or bonus but you'll get paid a lot more per hour if you just work regular hours. I'm in the same position as u BB - married + kid + pretty good 9-5 job and although the work is boring, I wouldn't want to change it (now at least).
Mike
sfordinarygirl
· 2 years ago
When you said "When I was 25, I would have sneered at the idea that there was a higher purpose than working insane hours in exchange for business-class tickets and luxury hotels and company-paid junkets to Budapest. I know now that I was wrong – the goal is independence to live your life as you choose, free from the tyranny of a paycheck. " I totally understand. In my early 20s, I thought of being a slave to the newspaper world and working forever, not really understanding the concept of time and money. Now that I'm 25 and have been in the corporate world for more than a year, I'd rather work towards my own entreprenurial ventures than be a slave. That's what I'm working on doing is learning and transitioning to a new job where I can make more money and hopefully be my own consultant. I never understood why being an entrepreneur is so valuable until I started reading blogs and understanding the power of money. But it really is so important like you said "to live your life free from the tyranny of a paycheck." It's really true.
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When you were 25, you only had 25 years of life experience to judge what's best for you at the time.
Who knows, maybe when you are 60 reflecting back on what you are doing now, you will think differently on what you think is best, too.
But you're right, maybe "wrong" is the wrong word. Maybe I should say "I know now that there are other pleasures besides the material ones" or something like that.
I'm in the same position as u BB - married + kid + pretty good 9-5 job and although the work is boring, I wouldn't want to change it (now at least).
Mike