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I've been poor my entire life. If I ever got anything that I wanted, it would take so long for me to save up the money that by the time I could afford it I would either not want it anymore, or be disappointed with it immediately. The wait was never worth the "reward." It got to a point that I began wanting less and less. As an example, I'm making this thread on a 11 year old computer (my main and only computer.)

I have recently come into a "decent" ($85k/year) job. The problem is that I hate the job for a variety of reasons that I won't bother listing, but of course the boss is one of them. The other problem is that while the job pays well, there's little that I want or am interested in anymore. While I was in grad school making $25k/year I bought two condos that I rent out. Buying them was more about the challenge of whether I can pull it off with such shit pay. With the new job the challenge is gone which takes the thrill out of it, but of course I could keep buying more rental properties.

Those condos pay for themselves, and cover the mortgage on my house which I also bought while in grad school. I probably need as little as 10-20k extra a year to survive, most of which I could easily make flipping used furniture which I do in my spare time.

Is it worth continuing with the job? I know that financially it's a stupid decision to quit, but I find it increasingly difficult to justify staying. Grad school also sucked, and I wouldn't recommend it to anyone. The only joy I got out of it was seeing how far I can stretch the little I get.