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I could have been rich! Biggest financial mistakes

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rememberitalltoowell · 06/11/2025 08:38

And how you come to terms with them?

I turned down a really well paid role for something else that didn't turn out as planned, and could only find much lower paying roles afterwards. When I work out what that decision cost me over the course of my career, we're talking hundreds of thousands!

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Ragamuffin8 · 06/11/2025 10:58

I regretted not going into law and earning significantly more like some of my peers at university. Until one died of a heart attack in his late 30s, the rest are largely unhappy in their roles and have no work/life balance.

I finally have work/life balance now.

Money isn’t everything, there’s usually a trade off with any job. Usually with higher paid jobs, there is more stress involved and often means longer hours.

There’s a book about different kinds of wealth - one of them being time. It’s the most important one in some ways as you can’t generate more.

Timeforhector · 06/11/2025 10:51

Everyone could have been rich if they had known how property prices would continue to rise over decades. Just by buying a few terrace houses to rent out when they were worth 30k in the nineties and are worth 200k now.

Tatwrap · 06/11/2025 10:49

Is this the £55k one that you were made redundant from?

Tatwrap · 06/11/2025 10:47

rememberitalltoowell · 06/11/2025 08:38

And how you come to terms with them?

I turned down a really well paid role for something else that didn't turn out as planned, and could only find much lower paying roles afterwards. When I work out what that decision cost me over the course of my career, we're talking hundreds of thousands!

Why haven’t you been able to progress since then? 😵‍💫

toomuchfaff · 06/11/2025 10:46

So how did you work out how much it cost you over the years?

What about day 5 when you would have been travelling to work and you got hit by a bus and killed?

Stop looking back, you cant say what was lost or what was gained. You're doing yourself harm.

Look at where you are now. Look at HOW YOU CHABGE TODAY. Not coulda shoulda woulda- it means nothing, it changes nothing, it serves nothing.

What can you do today to make your tomorrow better?

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