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I made it: I’m a multi-millionaire and now life sucks
Man, mid-30s.
I’ve been working for the last 15 years Monday to Sunday, every day at least 10 hours, Sunday maybe 4–8.
In the last 2 years, I’ve had the best results and my net worth is over 5M. I only own a stinking old car, nothing else in physical possession except a computer, clothes, watch, and little else. I live between the US and Europe. You might wonder why I have so little; because people like me who have been through it are like that.
I could retire and live very comfortably, which I have thought to do, maybe going to Latin America, adopting a dog, and living on the beach.
My ex-girlfriend left me 10 months ago; she never knew I was doing so well financially. I’ll never know if she would have decided to do it if she knew how much I was making; even though she asked me several times, I never told her. We had serious plans, so it hit me hard. I felt like a failure.
I have met new women, but none of them have fulfilled me. I need time and I would have preferred to have someone who would have accompanied me, not arrived when things were already easy.
Even though I’ve started making a lot of money in the last few years, especially the last one, the truth is, my life sucks; it’s based on working, on relationships with…
