Hello. I wanted to introduce myself and share my story. My entire life I did everything "right" - I got good grades, did the extracurriculars, got into a good college, got into a good law school, found a high-paying job, paid off my debt, got married, had a kid, bought a home, and built some savings (401k, ETFs, 529(c)). Yet every night I would go to bed hoping I didn't wake up in the morning.
It got progressively worse and worse until last year when I started going to therapy, which hasn't helped all that much. From the outside, everything must have looked so great. I remember a couple of friends visited from out of town earlier in the year and at the end of the week, they told me that we looked so happy and that we were lucky. I literally laughed out loud because they had no idea how much pain I was suffering. Something was fundamentally wrong.
The problem was I couldn't walk away. The system kept me so tied down. I had a mortgage and a wife and kid to support. And if I quit and pursued freedom, I would put their lives at jeopardy. Not only from a financial perspective, but also from a health perspective - my health insurance is tied to my employer and the additional out-of-pocket costs of straight-up quitting would put additional strain on our finances. I was at a loss and there were days when I felt completely hopeless. I recently was directed to FM and Unscripted and it all started to make sense. I played by the rules of the system and look where it got me. Miserable and depressed with no hope in sight.
I have to walk away, but honestly, I'm scared. Anyway, I'm here now though, taking that one step closer to being free.
It got progressively worse and worse until last year when I started going to therapy, which hasn't helped all that much. From the outside, everything must have looked so great. I remember a couple of friends visited from out of town earlier in the year and at the end of the week, they told me that we looked so happy and that we were lucky. I literally laughed out loud because they had no idea how much pain I was suffering. Something was fundamentally wrong.
The problem was I couldn't walk away. The system kept me so tied down. I had a mortgage and a wife and kid to support. And if I quit and pursued freedom, I would put their lives at jeopardy. Not only from a financial perspective, but also from a health perspective - my health insurance is tied to my employer and the additional out-of-pocket costs of straight-up quitting would put additional strain on our finances. I was at a loss and there were days when I felt completely hopeless. I recently was directed to FM and Unscripted and it all started to make sense. I played by the rules of the system and look where it got me. Miserable and depressed with no hope in sight.
I have to walk away, but honestly, I'm scared. Anyway, I'm here now though, taking that one step closer to being free.
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