r/Millennials • u/bookflow • 9h ago

Discussion Are you tired yet?

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u/ChickenNPisza 7h ago

What sucks is every time I seem to get over a salary plateu some crazy world changing event happens and the price of goods goes up to where I feel like I haven’t gained a thing.

Chased $100k salary my whole young adult life. I am finally achieving it and that number. Which is great don’t get me wrong, but it’s not the finish line I saw at 16

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u/0069 7h ago

Samesees. I know I'm not poor, but I'm so much closer to it than it felt like I would be when I got to that number.

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u/Deep_Distribution_31 7h ago

Hey doing better than many of us, I've been excoted for my new job making 32k a year, my old one was only 27k a year

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u/itsmiddylou 4h ago

I know that feel I stayed somewhere for 18 years and I left making $36k to go to a job making $38k 😅

Now I make $56k, but I work M-F and 7a-3p, which I will fight tooth and nail to keep that schedule. I don’t even have kids. I just like being able to do shit and get home before it gets super late