You get paid just enough to stay. Then you take on a car. A house. Kids. Now leaving isn’t “brave,” it’s reckless. So you tell yourself you’ll do it later. Then one day you blink… and you’re 70.
Comfort has a cost, you just don’t see the bill until the end.
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9–5s are dangerous because they feel safe.
You get paid just enough to stay.
Then you take on a car. A house. Kids.
Now leaving isn’t “brave,” it’s reckless.
So you tell yourself you’ll do it later.
Then one day you blink… and you’re 70.
Comfort has a cost, you just don’t see the bill until the end.