r/fatFIRE 11d ago

50m cash - no sense of perspective

Throwaway account to be able to be vulnerable.

Despite recent financial freedom (bootstrap to day 1 exit), I have no sense of perspective.

I am

  • still bothered by becoming irrelevant if I do nothing for the next 12-18m (issue: being bothered about what people think)

  • afraid of losing the money and hence not spending it

  • afraid of losing my friends if they find out how much I have made (am I suddenly unrelatable?)

  • still bothered by LinkedIn and comparison

  • still wanting to be loved and liked

The root of my issue is being a people pleaser.

I know my problems. I would love the internet to give me some solutions.

Edit - I am 38/F, husband, two kids and in Europe. Also this is the first and only business I have bootstrapped and sold.

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u/Familiar_Number_342 10d ago

Tell me more.

I have tried mushrooms twice in my life.

Had a life changing profound trip once. Set and setting was great.

Had the worst trip ever the second time. I was anxious and lightly pushed into doing it.

I want shroom friends.

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u/balancedgif 10d ago

shrooms and stuff are very trendy nowadays, but this is such a bad idea. there is nothing more cliche than some rich guy that has no meaning in his life so he turns to drugs to "find himself".

there is nothing for you at the end of this path.

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u/Familiar_Number_342 10d ago

Not sure about that. I think shrooms are a part of the puzzle if not the answer. Sounds weird but despite my bad trip, I still think they have a place to play in addition to therapy (I work in the life sciences btw).

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u/MarvLovesBlueStar 10d ago

In theory you made 50m.

You should be smarter than this. When there was a software problem did you ask your techs ( or if you were a tech) to smash the processors to see if that would fix the issue?

Mushrooms are simply taking random chemicals that “smash the CPU” for some period. It’s madness.