We often hear people say, "A monthly salary of 10,000 is easy." "But is that really the case?
In 2022, the per capita disposable income of residents nationwide will be 36,883 yuan, with an average of 3,073 yuan per month. This means that the monthly income of 10,000 yuan has far exceeded the average level, which is an upper-middle income. However, this is only an average, and in reality, many people do not reach this level. Especially in some second- and third-tier cities, this figure is even more prohibitive.
Speaking of the difficulty of making money, I would like to share two real cases around me.
Case 1: Li, a post-90s college graduate, stepped into the society with a vision for the future. He thought that with his education and ability, he could live the life he wanted. But reality poured cold water on him. Due to his mediocre academic qualifications, his actual salary is much lower than expected, and his work pressure is very high. As Xiao Li grew older, he began to feel anxious, tossing and turning every night, worrying about his future and future. He kept asking himself, "Am I really only worth so much money?" ”
Case 2: Aunt Zhang, an ordinary housewife, opened a small restaurant in order to supplement her family. She gets up early and is busy every day, from material selection, production to service, every link is done by herself. However, the business is not as she imagined, barely making ends meet every month. Aunt Zhang began to doubt her abilities. "Am I really not fit for business? This psychological frustration made her deeply realize that it is not easy to make money.
One is a young worker who has just stepped into the society, and the other is a middle-aged entrepreneur who is old and young, and these two representative cases are the epitome of thousands of ordinary people, I believe that you can also empathize with the screen in front of the screen, you can do a survey, ask how many relatives and friends around you can really have a fixed monthly income of more than 10,000 yuan, you may ask, then, why do young people feel that a monthly salary of 10,000 is easy? In my opinion, there are a few reasons:
First and foremost is the influence of social **: it is like a Pandora's box that opens the information barrier between the ordinary and the rich. So that ordinary people can feel that it seems to be very close to themselves, but it is actually an unattainable scene. Social ** is full of all kinds of "success studies", and the annual salary of one million is already the starting line, and tens of millions, and it is not strange to have more than 100 million.
We often see people sharing their high-paying jobs and lavish lives. This information will cause many young people to misunderstand, thinking that it may be common to earn 100,000 yuan a month. However, this is just the tip of the iceberg, and the real life of most people is not that rosy.
Changing consumer attitudes: Young people are paying more and more attention to quality and experience. Living in the moment is their rhetoric, and being happy in time is their motto. This causes them to spend more on consumption, what Huabei, borrowing, all kinds of micro loans and even naked loans, will make it easier for young people to get money for blind consumption. Thus feeling the pleasure of consumption brought by a false high income.
3.Increasing educational attainment: More and more people are equipped with high professional skills and knowledge. This makes them somewhat competitive in the workplace and easier to get high-paying jobs.
As a post-80s generation, we live in an era of change in our 80s and 90s. We have witnessed China's rapid development and experienced the changes in society. But as we get older, we face more competition and a higher cost of living. It was also very challenging for us to reach the level of 10,000 yuan a month.
Here, I would like to say that it is good to have goals, not to be ambitious. While a monthly income of $10,000 may not be too high in some cities, it is still a difficult income to reach in many places.
And in addition to work and income, we have a lot of other things to focus on, such as family, health, friendship, etc.
Rich people have rich people's troubles, rich people have rich people's anxiety, the happiness of life and monthly income is not absolutely directly related, only when we balance all aspects of the needs and expectations, in order to make themselves live more smoothly, people are not happy in life is the most important. Try to make some money and make yourself and your family happy.