Five Figures
Today I got the biggest paycheck I have ever gotten in my career. Five Figures. I was a little shell-shocked by it honestly. I mean, I knew it was coming, but it’s one thing for it to be something projected in an excel sheet versus seeing it in your bank account. I think I checked the account at least 10 times today because I thought the number would be somehow different. You see, in my mind, there was simply no way that my paycheck today was higher than my entire net income for 2014. And yet, the numbers stayed the same.
It’s weird because I remember being broke and worrying about money for groceries. I guess this was the moment where my brain finally adapted to that being the past and very unlikely to happen again.
Sometimes in this journey towards FIRE, you get so caught up in where you want to be that you forget where you were. Today was a huge reminder of where I have been, and I am very grateful for where I am in my life today.
How about you? How has your life changed over the years?
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YAY! Congrats on the big-ass check! 🙂
I am in the middle of a post pondering exactly this line of thought, because our lives have also changed so very much over the years. Great minds 😉
Thank you! 🙂 A lot has definitely changed. It’s hella crazy.
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It’s crazy looking back and realizing that so much can change financially in just a few years. Just in 2014 (only 7 years, really?) we had our highest household income to date and yet looking at it now it is only half our current hh income and less than our investments dividends and growth in 2021. I’m so thankful that we’ve been able to take advantage of (unforeseen at the time) income increases to save significantly for our future – and yet it is crazy that it feels like nothing has changed because at its heart our life is very much the same as it was 7 years ago. Except for the part we’re not worried about having to stay at a toxic workplace for another 20 years
Congrats on your seven-year growth. It is very crazy to look back on for sure. Here’s to leaving toxic jobs sooner rather than later. 🙂
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