Not the same starting point but I was making decent wage here at my previous jobs. Some logistics management and startups. I don't started to feel dissonance he

Not the same starting point but I was making decent wage here at my previous jobs. Some logistics management and startups. I don't started to feel dissonance heavily and after the last startup was running out of runway we agreed it was best for me to go. I wasn't a founder either. But I spent awhile trying to figure out what I want to do and my wasn't able. I only managed to figure out what the hell I don't want to do. I was also fortunate enough to be able to afford a year of this downtime. At some point I mentioned that I might actually start working again but have no idea where to go and my friend told, as a joke I o dead sure, that come work with us. We need good guys. So by pure chance I ended up working with disabled kids at a school with a four month trial contract. And loved every bloody second of it. During my downtime I had experienced with my routines and gotten rid of alcohol, meat and car. Also basically decided not to buy anything I don't need, the only luxurious stuff being something odd for my kid. And I realized my life is so much better this way, with shitty salary and simplistic lifestyle. The dissonance about burning the planet down with my lifestyle was gone. I can handle the mortgage alright and can save some for bad days. I don't miss a damn thing from the past that was supposedly way cooler than current life. Life's much more than only money. At least when you get by alright. And "the things you own end up owning you".