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Originally Posted by CurrentlySober
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I made a LOT more than I feel I deserved to have made...
As such, I am embarrassed by my bank account..
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I must admit there are times when I have thought like this, but when I look at things as compared to my friends it's certain that I have worked much harder than they did. I cannot think of a single day since 1998 that I have not worked at least part of the day, including all holidays. I've earned it for certain.
I'm still working at it, and the reason is that I don't see much in the brick and mortar world that even comes close. All around me I see book and video stores closing, restaurants failing and people losing everything because of ridiculous ideas of selling goods at street level. Do you guys have any idea how many cups of coffee you would have to sell at your cafe per month to equal what you make in adult? I did a business plan a while back and found out and it wasn't pretty. So I am still here.
That said, things are nothing compared to the glory days and they never will be again. And one thing OP didn't factor in their equation was the USD exchange rate long ago. Compared to AUD it's off 40% or so.