100%, been subscribed to this Substack for quite some time, so I mean this as gently as possible: the weird descriptor, and this revelation, are byproducts of

100%, been subscribed to this Substack for quite some time, so I mean this as gently as possible: the weird descriptor, and this revelation, are byproducts of hyperfocus on achievements or being on guiderails from parents. Not necessarily a wealth thing, so I don't mean to be talking down about that. I didn't grow up with much, but had to go through the same realization when leaving Google. All the worrying about retirement, TC, etc., tolerating abuse.in the workplace, etc., were mechanisms hiding that it was totally fine to leave. Something that helped me a lot along the way was seeing a comment on Blind from a 50-60 year old with 2M+ TC combined with his lawyer wife in Bay Area. They were getting divorced, and his message was tl;Dr man I was dumb. The part that hit hardest was him pointing out virtually any savings can be wiped away quickly by emergencies, there's not really a safe # once you're making tech bucks.