I’m 25f. I work hard. graduated with my AA Degree before I graduated high school, and got my BA at 20. Moved to my dream state, landed a great job in my field. Now I work fully remote, in my dream city, making 70k a year. My student loans are paid off. I love my job and haven’t had literally any true work stress since I started. Most of my money goes toward rent but looking to move again to a cheaper place where I could buy a small home.
This is all to say I’ve built my dream life but I’m already burnt out. Ive worked towards this but now that I’m here, there’s not much to aspire to. I’ve been working full time for a decade already and I’ve got 40 left.. minimum. If I can really even retire at that point. I have climbed the corporate ladder and am a “director of X” and I’ve hit my careers ceiling. I could go to a different company and make more (the final and only other step) but my current company gives me incredible freedom and my boss is a very good man. Small company. Worth it to stay.
I just want to buy a modest home, pay it off, and work somewhere like selling ice cream to buy food and pay property taxes and electric. Maybe have chickens and bees and sell honey and eggs. I don’t want to work, or be trying to “stay competitive” in my field. I was highly motivated and overachieving and I now crave the opposite.
From older adults. How do you have the stamina to do this? Has anyone found a successful way to NOT work their lives away? I’m getting depressed that I am forced to work until I die, and I’m not “allowed” to help that along or I’m “selfish” lol.