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Old Jul 15, 2017, 05:34 PM
cnyung10 cnyung10 is offline
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Originally Posted by SarahSweden View Post
Today I was in town to take a walk in a nice area with nice views near the sea. I live in a suburb and my ex T has her practise in town and she lives rather close to town in a flat with a sea view.

I got reminded of that when I today sat looking over the sea and I thought about how my ex-T (and a lot of other people) has this view daily from their balconies. I sat for a long while thinking about it and I find it very hard to understand how my ex-T can afford having both a practise worth about $300 000 and her flat, Iīve checked the estate market, is also worth about $300 000.

Sheīs 60+ and thatīs a difference between us but I feel very low and I feel hopelessness when I think about how she really has done something with her life and Iīm not near such a path in life.

In Sweden therapists arenīt that well-payed actually, Iīve seen her annual revenue as such info is free to get online, but still she has succeeded. She has both her own company, her own practise and a nice flat.

It really bothers me that I canīt get any answer to how she has "gotten" all this. Perhaps she was married before and she and her husband sold their house, I know she now lives by her own, and she got money from that sale. Or perhaps her practise is a heritage from a relative.

Every time I go to town I just feel minor as I live in the suburbs, Iīve been unemployed for long and thereīs also a combination of missing my ex-T and feeling envious.

Any advice about this? Perhaps someone has similar thoughts about life?
Hi. Don't compare yourself to anyone. I am 60 and not well off but I do have a roof over my head and food on the table. Some things out of my control have affected things as well as some career choices that had lower income but greater personal satisfaction. Just take a day at a time and do your best then things work out. Best of days to you.
Thanks for this!
SarahSweden