I think part of the reason a lot of therapists and others in caring professions don't make a lot of money is because they don't focus enough attention on caring for themselves. continually working 60 hour weeks to barely make ends meet is not good self care. There comes a point where you have to say enough is enough.
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Also, wages and pay scales are determined by not only the value of the service, but the number of people who *want to do that job* compared with the demand for the service.
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Yeah, this. I get doing a job for the love of it rather than the money, but you *do* have to make enough money to live. I currently have a low-paying job that I love, but I'll have to move on very soon because I don't plan on being married much longer. Life's about choices. Can't have your cake and eat it too.