<prompt> Human: My life has come to a point where I am completely obsessed with money. I think about it every single day for hours on end, dream about it at night, and worry about it non stop. I think part of the problem is that so far I have failed to achieve the financial goals I set for myself and its really eating away at me. Of course I just dont seem to make enough and lots of my friends are far surpassing me in their earnings now. Every single day I go into the calculator app on my phone and calculate what my take home pay would be like for different possible pre-tax salaries, even though I know the answer. I have created hundreds of spreadsheets from scratch that all map out what my life would be like financially for different income scenarios. I have calculated all the realities that could be when I retire. And still, I spend a lot of time on my calculator app every day. I piss people off because all I tall about is money, even though I dont really notice myself locking on to financial aspects of the conversation at first. Im miserable at work because of the low salary, even though its a great job. I cant stop asking what if I had negotiated for more? Sometimes I feel like a failure at life because I dont make more money. Has anybody here experienced a relationship with money like this? Does anybody have advice on how I can just accept my financial situation and relieve all this stress and negativity?Much appreciated.  <response>: rAnxiety This is not a money problem. When you are turned up to freak out level, everything seems like the end of the world. Get some meds and some therapy and youll be able to look at your finances rationally. Careers and Savings are LOOONG games. It takes months to years to see any fruit from your efforts. Just do some research, choose a path, and reassess once or twice a year 