I always get flattered when someone on internet thinks I’m lying about my NW

I take it as a compliment I’m doing better than I give myself credit for!

(Mind you, I’m not worth millions, but doing relatively well for age)

I don’t share this info with anyone but internet strangers - and I know many of you are the same

How do you feel when it happens?

Many of you out there are trying to build wealth. I’m sure as hell doing my damndest to build wealth.

But we all know the struggles and roadblocks. Student loans. Credit card debt. Exorbitant shelter costs. Medical bills. Inflation. Rising cost of living. Terrible COL increases from employers. Many other factors.

And if all of that wasn’t hard enough we’ve now got AI flying down the tubes trying to take all of our jobs. I really wonder how much longer we’ve all got before the tech oligarchs turn off the salary spigot.

How the fuck are we all convincing ourselves to put on pants each morning? To face the day? To see all the BS that the future is going to throw at us and yet still trudge on? I don’t get it. What am I missing? What are all of you doing right that I’m doing wrong?

like I see on my feed /fire that they are in their late 20s/30s with over 1 mil saved up. like what? how? they clearly working a job that pays a lot while the whole world is struggling barely making ends meet. inflation go on, market gone down, jobs are tightening up. even places like hcol cities are scrambling everyday to work that 9-5 so they dont get laid off.

but these folks are ready to retire in late 30s with a big cushion and I'll love to be there but looks ike im working till old age

Let’s say you have no debt, retirement is accounted for, and everything else in life is stable. You get a $20k dump of money. How are YOU investing it, and why?

I work in the oil & gas industry - earning about 105/110k/yr. I have been in the industry for about six years. 14/14 rotations (two weeks on two weeks off).

I’m at a point of really not liking the job anymore. Mostly the traveling. I have been missing normalcy lately. The biggest perk to my job is the time off. Other than that, it’s meh. The money is decent, but not MASSIVE seller.

I’ve got six figures invested into the market & have a HYSA account with six figures to stay liquid in case I decide to get a house, or whatever. Have been thinking about just taking 30k of it and paying off my truck.

Anyway, the only reason I’m still at my job is because I am terrified of a pay cut. A lot of what I’d get into, I’d start off in the $60k a year mark. Which is a massive pay cut. And my lady doesn’t make the best of money. I know I have reserves, but I REALLY try not & touch any of that money. My vanguard is completely off limits unless I was full on in a bind.

I just am nervous. I’m not sure if taking a pay cut will cause more stress than I have going to work for two weeks & being gone all the time. I’ve been pondering this for quite some time. And I feel like the more I think about it, I just stress myself out more.

Have you guys taken jobs with pay cuts and had a good outcome? Or regret? Because I’m really struggling at finding good advice on this.