My goal in life is right now to make just enough money to support myself and a little bit and thats it, live in a small house or apartment, and just do simple things I love doing . (And maybe have a cat or dog ) And also to get my degree and find a “decent” job in the field Im going to school for .
My parents are not rich, but they are well off. They have always been into buying a lot of things I see as unnecessary (hot tub, expensive furnature etc) , and they have the same expectation I will try to go into a field and advance making $$$ .
For some reason I have always worried about money, running into some situation and not having enough to get by. This is likely a irrational fear.
The way my parents seem to live they have started to always tell me “the cost of living is ridiculous “ even though they are better off and see buying unnecessary things as necessary. I feel like if I tried to tell them about this idea of a “simple life” they would look at me like I am crazy, like what they did when I said I was going to not eat meat. They think for me to “make it” in life, I need to be working all the time, (I already word 25 hours a week while in school, and one summer I worked 50 hours a week) and save almost every penny.
I want to take off some time this summer from working to do some old hobbies, and relax (like 3 weeks) and they said I need to keep working to pay for school. I realized how engrained this “work, and make money” lifestyle is , in people’s brains. If I tried to tell them this simple thing, life isnt just about money, they would explain to me why it is.
I’m not sure if this post belongs here. Im not really asking for any advice, just ranting.
Submitted May 16, 2019 at 01:04AM by layna99 http://bit.ly/2W4eR1v
