July 30 2021
Over the past few days, I've been considering about myself what I view as my problems, which could better be classified as abnormalities. I am a 21 year old man, who is according to all my personal experiences, significantly financially better off than my peers. Out of the 5 people I have openly discussed this with (ranging from age 19-25) only one had savings more than $1500, topping out at roughly $7000. I have 20k in my bank and roughly $5000 in investments. I had to ask myself, why, when all indications say otherwise, do I feel financially instable? My answer has two prongs. First, I am working for someone else, meaning my income is determined by my continued employment with another person. People are generally untrustworthy and I tend to dislike them when giving more than a cursory inspection of them, thus this does not sit well with me. Second, I am comparing myself constantly to people who have retired and are able to choose when and where to work. My next question was why ...
