You’re not working for yourself and everything you strive for can get ripped from you by some unforseen shit
The grind is not the grind for your boss, it’s for you, if you got hit by lifestyle inflation I can understand why you’re feeling ripped off.
Also I already fell for the same trap the promise of “hard labour earns you stuff”, worked myself into two burnouts with no reward worth the consequences
If you’re grinding for no reward then you should stop or move to a company that appreciates you
You also seem to have gotten half the memo, there are productivity nutters on linkedin who love working and love going all out 100% all day every day, but for the rest of us we generally have 2 goals:
Fuck You Money
FIRE (Financial Independence Retire Early)
If you’re not really interested here’s a brief 1 minute video on it taken from a movie:
Shortly after 9/11 my company kicked me to the curb.
Six months earlier our division president had taken me to a congratulations lunch for a record breaking year. We were explosively growing and embarrassingly profitable. Over a bottle of fine wine we discussed my very bright future.
I have F U money, so if I lose my job unexpectedly I’ll be fine for the next 2 years and because I’ve got so much experience and skills in my industry it won’t take that long to find something else. I’m also happy because I’ve left 2 crappy workplaces for an amazing one with a great boss that appreciates the hard work I put in and that I’m grateful for every day
Next step after that is FIRE, this is a bit of an intro to it but there’s tons of info all over the net:
Again some people go to the extreme with this lifestyle and make their own food and live off grid but for most of us it’s just a matter of spend less than you earn, save/invest the rest
and once I’ve got my house paid off in a few years my average expenses per month will be down to pensioner levels while I earn 10x as much, as I do like working at that point the next goal is:
Barista FIRE is where the returns from your invested assets cover most, but not all of your living expenses, and you do work that you find enjoyable to make up for the difference and fund the rest of your lifestyle.
It is, because your boss gets a far bigger share from whatever worth you produce than you. If the grind was for yourself, you’d get the biggest share of profits you worked for.
Risking your health isn’t worth having your boss profiting most off of your work.
The grind is not the grind for your boss, it’s for you, if you got hit by lifestyle inflation I can understand why you’re feeling ripped off.
If you’re grinding for no reward then you should stop or move to a company that appreciates you
You also seem to have gotten half the memo, there are productivity nutters on linkedin who love working and love going all out 100% all day every day, but for the rest of us we generally have 2 goals:
Fuck You Money
FIRE (Financial Independence Retire Early)
If you’re not really interested here’s a brief 1 minute video on it taken from a movie:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGC9FY65HBo
If you’re interested:
https://jlcollinsnh.com/2011/06/06/why-you-need-f-you-money/
I have F U money, so if I lose my job unexpectedly I’ll be fine for the next 2 years and because I’ve got so much experience and skills in my industry it won’t take that long to find something else. I’m also happy because I’ve left 2 crappy workplaces for an amazing one with a great boss that appreciates the hard work I put in and that I’m grateful for every day
Next step after that is FIRE, this is a bit of an intro to it but there’s tons of info all over the net:
https://www.mrmoneymustache.com/2013/02/22/getting-rich-from-zero-to-hero-in-one-blog-post/
Again some people go to the extreme with this lifestyle and make their own food and live off grid but for most of us it’s just a matter of spend less than you earn, save/invest the rest
and once I’ve got my house paid off in a few years my average expenses per month will be down to pensioner levels while I earn 10x as much, as I do like working at that point the next goal is:
:)
It is, because your boss gets a far bigger share from whatever worth you produce than you. If the grind was for yourself, you’d get the biggest share of profits you worked for.
Risking your health isn’t worth having your boss profiting most off of your work.