Don’t Let Work Drain You

I'm not saying quit your job tomorrow, but if your job funds your life and kills your soul, that's not really a strategy. There is nothing wrong with being an employee, but you shouldn't hate what you do, at least every day, all day, because it means you stop dreaming, you stop building, you settle, and no one has ever gotten rich settling, as far as I can tell. Stuck people have a hard time getting rich. Instead, you're going to have more resentful nature. Research actually calls this cognitive depletion, which is basically where you do repetitive tasks that you hate continuously shows that when work drains your energy and violates your values, your brain actually has less capacity. You run at a lower level when you do things you hate every day. If you're trapped, start building the exit. And one way that I like to think about this is I want you to think about your 6-month escape fund. Calculate 6 months of basic expenses. This is the number that you have to go find the next thing that you love to do. Automatic transfers every paycheck. I do 50/30/20, but you can pick out how you want to do it. And drop some cash. Once you have a few months saved, everything changes.