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I’m trying to make peace with a difficult realization:

Not everyone “makes it.”

For a long time, I assumed that if you work hard enough, stay disciplined, and make decent decisions, life eventually upgrades, better income, better home, more freedom.

But the older I get, the more I wonder if for many people, life is simply about surviving within the same income bracket they started in, just managing inflation, responsibilities, and expectations a little differently.

I’m not asking this from a place of self-pity, more curiosity.

Have any of you made peace with the possibility that your life may remain financially average and if so, how do you think about meaning, ambition, and happiness?

I’m trying to make peace with a difficult realization:

Not everyone “makes it.”

For a long time, I assumed that if you work hard enough, stay disciplined, and make decent decisions, life eventually upgrades, better income, better home, more freedom.

But the older I get, the more I wonder if for many people, life is simply about surviving within the same income bracket they started in, just managing inflation, responsibilities, and expectations a little differently.

I’m not asking this from a place of self-pity, more curiosity.

Have any of you made peace with the possibility that your life may remain financially average and if so, how do you think about meaning, ambition, and happiness?

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