Originally Posted by
Mainline Mulier
My neighbor is a bond trader and makes 500k+ a year. Most finance and medical professionals make more than 200k. They also sleep in their own bed every night.
Once the novelty wears off, you’ll realize how much life leaves you behind while you hang out in the double tree with strangers you’ll never see ever again. Kids grow old, spouses leave, family members die.
All to aimlessly bounce around the country as a glorified truck driver.
Are you kidding me? Is sleeping in your own bed every night the benchmark to a good life? I went from a full-time military job working 20 - 10 hour (to include one weekend a month). I woke up at 0530 every day and got home at 1730 every night. I was able to spend about 2 - 1/2 hours with my kids every night before they went to bed and another hour or two with the wife before we were both out cold in bed, only to do it all over again the next day. I live in-base and bid SC aside from feeling better mentally and physically, I've got more time at home than I know what to do with. I get to see my family more now than I did before even having to sleep in a hotel a handful of nights per month.