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Originally Posted by Tapioca
I didn't own a detached house until I was 38. I have never bought a brand new car in my life. I have an empty passport. You're doing fine.
On the other hand, you do have to enjoy the journey and find ways to derive joy during the daily grind when you can. Help your neighbour out with something, or open the door for an elderly person. Smile back at a toddler.
I recently celebrated my 10-year wedding anniversary with my wife. It was very meaningful - more meaningful than I realized. (And I hate to say it, but celebrating 10 years with someone is actually a real achievement these days.) When you invest in relationships with other human beings, your perspective changes as well.
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Two things I'm trying to start valuing more before I enter 30-32 and kids are in play is finishing out the passport and investing in relationships. I feel like as a first gen Canadian, we're pretty lucky in that economically we're probably top 10 in the world for pay to work life balance.
Life is way more enjoyable with people and your 20's is the best time to explore and develop these friendships and relationships!
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Originally Posted by The Producer
Lastly - it's hard, but don't compare yourself to others. You're leading in the life game right now, it's just the early part of the race. Got a house at your age, you're earning well, and that you're taking care of people. You still make time for yourself and your hobbies. For real man - save some pu$$y for the rest of us.
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I always found it hard to not compare yourself to others to determine if you're living the best life possible. What helped me was I realized that I didn't have to same starting ground as many folks growing up widowed parent, so there's many ways I've never had the opportunities to do a lot of the things I aspired to do by 28. That helped me appreciate everything that I have but my mind always tells myself there's always someone who had it worse that is doing better than you.
