Andy Walsh2x Exited Founder, Startup Strategist & Podcast Host

Why the “Perfect Life” Still Made Her Miserable

6 Apr 2026 · 1 min

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A B2B tech sales professional with a $250K salary, countryside home, and 15-year career at top companies like LinkedIn and Mastercard describes feeling deeply unhappy despite having everything society says should make her content. She's engaged, has a partner of nearly a decade, a dog, and a Tesla, yet questions why material success hasn't brought fulfillment.

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But anyhow, I basically now live in London and I was in a corporate career, B2B tech sales for 15 years, biggest companies, SAP, Mastercard, Gartner, and most recently LinkedIn. So, I was in a very nice, comfortable position. Let's say I had a $250K paycheck, my pension, like all of these things. And LinkedIn, by the way, is the best employer I ever had. Like, it's such a good employer, work-life balance, all of these things. I had a long-term boyfriend, we were together for almost 10 years. Had a dog, countryside house, big house, big garden. I had a Tesla on the driveway. Like, you know, on paper it looked like the perfect life for so many people. Like, we were just gearing up to getting kids, marriage, all of these things. But actually, and I do hope that people resonate with this because yes, on paper it was perfect and everyone would assume my life is perfect and I'm super happy, but I wasn't.