I 27M live in a small-medium Midwest city. I’ve been working the same 9-5 office job for a few years now while living at home. I have ~$100k saved up and was planning to buy a house this spring. But there’s a few issues. My job is under threat of AI and could be eliminated any day now. It’s been soul-sucking, but it’s been okay money. One day I looked up and realized I had no life, hobbies, and most of my friends had moved on without me. Now I have a decent chunk of money, but it’s by no means enough to be comfortable. The soullessness of the white collar job world is choking me. Every day it seems more and more jobs are getting taken over by AI or offshored for fractions of the labor cost. Everyone tells you to find what you love and take risks for it when you’re young. Now I’m sitting here with enough capital to potentially do something, but I have no idea what. I’m directionless in life. Is the answer just find another similar job if mine goes away? The similar jobs I see posted are 75-90% of my current salary, but have the same danger of becoming obsolete. I don’t want to waste the money I’ve accumulated over recent years, but buying a house and potentially losing my job just seems like such a mental and financial burden that I don’t want to experience. I’m caught in this struggle of wanting to keep my job for safety, but would like to escape the rat race if possible. Sorry for the rambling, I just don’t know where to go. submitted by /u/jrl1866
Originally posted by u/jrl1866 on r/AskMen
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