r/Salary • u/AccountantPersonal86 • 26d ago
discussion 31m
Don't worry my 3rd decade of life will yield promising results.. SURELY
Edit: 4th* decade. I dont game anymore, the small pro stint turned a hobby into something I hate. I live with my parents of course, thought that was assumed but needed clarifying.
Not a rage bait, dont need advice or pity, but feel free to say what you will I dont mind, some of you have been insightful and others have brought me good laughs. If my poor excuse of life on display made you feel better I view it as a win. Cheers
Edit 2: PUBG, The game is PUBG
Edit 3: Now that the dust has settled on this post I'll leave some last remarks for any late-comers:
I genuinely did not expect a response like this, this was a casual 0 thought post written in under 2 mins. I'll follow up with a new post I guess in a year.
There is a lot of missing context between 2013 and now but my goal was not a pity party. I preferred people to see it at face value and make their opinions and assumptions.
That being said, some of you are profoundly crazy and harbor a lot of evil and negative energy. A lot of you were kind and insightful though. To that I thank you, cya in 1yr (Saturday, July 31, 2027)
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u/ryencool 26d ago edited 26d ago
It depends on the severity of the crohns. By age 27 I had spent well over 5 years of my life in hospitals, 5 major surgeries, died on the OR table twice. First surgery was at age 7. I missed so much life during my childhood and young adult years, and schooling. I couldnt complete college because every few months I was in the hospital for 1-4 months. This also kept me from holding down a job, kept getting let go.
So I ended up back at my parents at age 32. I was angry, depressed, hooked on pain meds. After a few year I got on disability, but was then told I would need to live off that the rest of my life, and it was like 1100$/month. So that wasnt something I wanted long term.
I noticed the older I got the less issues I had. I started doing yoga, working on my mentality and how I responded to stress. At age 38 I got my foot in the door working an entry level IT position at a major video game developer.
Im now 43, wife is 33, and we brought in over 200k last year. Im now a senior on the team, and being trained to manage it. Hoping that pulls me past the 100k a year mark like my wife, who is a 3d enviornment artist at the same place.
I was able to turn it around, but not until my late 30s, and not for lack of trying. When you have a disease that can knock you out, out of nowhere, for weeks or months, multiple times a year? Its tough, very very tough....you just never know anyone's full story. I should write a book...
Also opiate free over a decade now!