The only way I can convince myself to keep trying is to believe I'll be rich in the future

[chiefkeefe23]

Title says it all.

Life was always tough and I always felt like I was born struggling, wasn't having as good a time as others, etc. Money was such a big point of contention between my parents. We weren't poor, but we certainly weren't rich.

As a kid, I always thought "When I grow up, I'll be rich and I won't have to deal with any of these"

But I've been an adult, off on my own for a while now and haven't "struck it rich"

I kinda feel like if I were rich 99% of these problems would go away. But maybe that's just me.

Does anyone else use these "future-rich" fantasies to keep going? I cycle between wanting to CTB --> figuring out it's really hard --> thinking I'll be rich and it'll all be okay.

 

[Forever Sleep]

I used to be the same except, substitute being rich for having a creative job. Being creative was my coping mechanism. I thought- so long as I could afford to do it, it would see me through.

It's not easy to sustain but, I'm just about scraping through still doing it but, the unthinkable happened a few years back and, the spark went out of it. So now, I'm stuck with something that's difficult to sustain, that is enormously time consuming, that I feel lack lustre towards but still need to pursue because the alternative is even worse- which I know for sure because I have done other jobs. So, while it worked for a long time for me, it's failed ultimately.

But sure, money would fix a lot of problems. Do you have any ideas/ skills to make really good money? It's not impossible. My neighbour was rich. He retired aged 30! But then, he was also very confident and, very good at maths I imagine. He worked as a Trader. Are you looking into high paying jobs?