I have friends that bitch day in day out that their jobs suck. That they make no money, that they are so unhappy. This was going on BEFORE the recession. I simply asked them "do something about it".

Find another job, bullshit your way into another, change fields, go back to school, etc.

Most of them wont do anything, they will sit there and wollow in their own self pity for years to come always living paycheck to paycheck. I have lost a lot of my friends since i started making more money. They resent me. They dont like that i have no set hours, that i do whatever i want within reason, and i report to no one. Ive lost many friends from being on my own because i have money to do stuff they dont. Or they are upset that i found my niche at this point in my life an they havent.

I wasnt happy with my situation for many years, i did something about it and took a risk. It paid off. It could have just of easily backfired on me. Then where would i be? I Just realized at 26 years old i had to do something to afford me what i wanted in life.

to me it was working for myself.

For someone else, its going back to school, its going into the military, its whatever.

But ill tell you what i dont feel sorry for those people that wont do anything to help their situations. I didnt do it to them. Why should i feel guilty? Why should they be mad at me because i have been successful or acheived some type of success? Why should i have to give back to them?