You can be just as miserable with an income of $1,000,000 a year, as someone with an income of $30,000 a year.
You can also be as just as happy with an income of $30,000 a year as someone with an income of $1,000,000.
Determining your monetary needs is about finding what fits and feels right for you, and what supports you in your life. It’s not about reaching society’s determination of what success means
If you are a person hustling like hell for your entire life to have the big pay checks, the massive house, expensive cars, fancy clothes and materialistic items, but this is not what you TRULY want or what you need in YOUR life, you will constantly struggle to find any real peace of joy in your life.
If you are just a cruiser and make a low income that doesn’t support your life and your ambitions, who never pursues your big hopes and dreams out of fear of judgement and failure, you will also find it difficult to have true peace and joy in your life.
You see it’s not just about the money you make, but how you make it. It’s not about how much, but what you need access to in order to fulfil your purpose in this lifetime. It is about what sacrifices are you required to make, or perhaps NOT, in order to live the life meant for you.
If you have big epic things to do in life and you feel deep inside yourself that a big income is required for you to reach all your life’s outcomes and it just ‘fits’, then don’t settle for an average income. Make the effort to step up and reach your goals, and seriously disregard the opinions and advice from people who don't understand your deepest desires. Staying comfortable and hiding away with a churning heaviness that gives you anxiety because you know you should be doing something else, something more is not serving you.
If you are chasing all the glory but away from societal ideals and status you know deep down it doesn’t feel right and you don’t truly care about expensive things, and you don’t require massive amounts of money to live a good life, then stop torturing yourself and do what feels good in your heart. Give up the illusion that to be successful and happy you must make a tonne of money at the expense of living a comfortable life that is well enriched with what you need.
You see there is really no right or wrong, or determined level of success or happiness with money. It’s simply finding what fits with YOU and serves you in a way you can live YOUR ideal life in a way that brings YOU the most joy