Comments on: What Earning $0.10 an Hour Taught Me about Gratitude https://splurgingonfreedom.com/earning-10-cents-hour-taught-gratitude/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=earning-10-cents-hour-taught-gratitude Early Retirement on a Modest Salary Mon, 11 May 2020 09:48:14 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.7.15 By: Liz @ Splurging on Freedom https://splurgingonfreedom.com/earning-10-cents-hour-taught-gratitude/#comment-198 Wed, 31 Oct 2018 09:33:43 +0000 http://splurgingonfreedom.com/?p=1382#comment-198 In reply to Dragon Gal.

Hi Dragon Gal, I’m glad that you found this post helpful! It’s very easy to fall into the trap of comparison, unfortunately. I’m glad that you’ve been finding ways of talking yourself out of an existential crisis. I probably would have to do that as well in early retirement / financial freedom 🙂 Keep on working at it and soon you’d find that gratitude comes much easier than before. Good luck with it, Dragon Gal 🙂

]]> By: Dragon Gal https://splurgingonfreedom.com/earning-10-cents-hour-taught-gratitude/#comment-195 Mon, 29 Oct 2018 16:58:34 +0000 http://splurgingonfreedom.com/?p=1382#comment-195 Hi Liz, Thanks so much for this timely post. I fall into the trap of comparing all the time, and it truly does make me feel depressed. Even in early retirement, I tend to compare: wow, look how they are slow traveling the world! In a sailboat! Look how that person wrote a book! Started a platform for their passion project, etc. etc. Then I have to talk myself out of an existentialist crisis. And I completely agree with you that gratitude is antidote for falling into this trap! Thanks for the reminder to be grateful for what I do have and not for what I don’t. Cheers, Dragon Gal

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