TheRef65 wrote:
I'm currently traveling with my wife in Spain. We just left Madrid and the pace of life and the true enjoyment on the people's faces was awesome. It didn't appear by any of the standards they were living above a "mediocre" life but they did seem happy. Since I am able to travel, I have what I want but I'm not a manager, I'm not making a high six figure salary but my bills are paid, my kids are healthy, happy and educated with the means to do what they want in life. Most of all, I'm very happy. By most appearances on this board, I'm painfully mediocre.
It's weird to me that most posts on this "mediocre" life thread are focusing on money.
I feel like we are -- unfortunately -- conflating the concept of excellence with the concept creating a nice perception of ourselves in the minds of others.