So I don’t really know how to ask this question because I can’t quite explain what I really mean or want to ask.

I am now 30 years old and I couldn’t be in a better situation than currently. My job is fun and providing me enough money to live a happy life and pay my own built house (I am a nurse). I have way more free time than lets say even in my childhood. I remember coming home from school and feeling anxiety cause of exams. I remember nursing school, it was hell for me.

Now all I have to do is go to work and when my shift is done I am off and can do whatever I want whenever I want. I don’t have to ask parents to drive me somewhere, I have my own money, I have my own house, I can play video games all day… and still, I don’t know why but nostalgia is real.

I am not even sure if my feelings are real. I can only give silly examples like coming home from school, logging into world of warcraft with friends and having a blast. But I don’t think it was like that. We were all just in skype and everyone was minding their own business in that game. We had good laughs though.

I don’t know. My life should be so much better than it was 15 years ago but I miss the 2000s era. It all just felt so different. I remember the hot summers going to the lake with friends.

Now? I don’t know. Maybe it is because it seems like I am the only one that has so much “time” and no one really joins anymore. While I have a wife and no kids and most of my friends don’t even have a wife yet (so no kids…) they still are somehow busy and don’t go to the lake anymore, don’t play video games anymore, don’t do anything. I actually wonder what they do all day.

Life felt more exciting back then. Maybe because I had goals and now I am “done”? But this should feel good. I am happy that I am “done”. House, wife, job. Those were the things I wanted back then and now I am more than happy to have those things.

  • DominusOfMegadeusEnglish
    11·
    9 months ago

    I am really interested where in the/in what country a single nurse’s salary can afford you a new house

    • ZapBeebz_@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      9 months ago

      It’s not that far off. I’m near Seattle, and make approximately the same as the average RN in Washington State (~$100k), and I’m in the early stages of purchasing some land and building a house on it for myself. You can get the house built for around $250k, and the land for less than $100k if you shop for it. Which is certainly interesting given the average home in Washington State is $500k+.

        • ZapBeebz_@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          9 months ago

          Full disclaimer: I haven’t signed any agreements or anything with the company to build a house for me yet. True Built Homes just comes well recommended by a couple of co-workers of mine, and I’m working on moving in that direction myself.

      • WillyEnglish
        2·
        9 months ago

        that’s some cheap land. everywhere I’ve lived the land is 3x the house. there are of course houses equal to the land or more, but I’m too poor.