How to make 100k a year?

What’s your degree? How long have you owned the house? Relationship status? There are ways to lower your monthly costs, but I imagine it depends on what you feel is worth changing in your life.

I used to be in your shoes. I made between $24,000-$45,000 working full time from the time I got out of LSU with a fricking humanities degree until this year when I decided to FINALLY take a leap of faith while holding my nose and went out on my own. I am in the financial services industry and always worked for someone else, juggling my schedule around their mandated schedule, getting sick often from stress and burn out. I went from job to job thinking something was wrong with me. Once I went out on my own and started working for myself my stress level is much lower, I don't think burn out is even possible at this point, and as long as I continue on the pace I've been at I'm on track to gross $120,000-$140,000 a year. I also work half as much as I did before.


Maybe you just need to start something yourself instead of continuing to fund someone else's lifestyle.

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Have a degree in political science.

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You need either a side hustle or get into sales.

And sales is something you're born to.

You can try to go slow with something like real estate, but this may require a significant lifestyle adjustment.

Good luck.

Thank you all for your solid advice. I’m going to keep trying just getting frustrated with the job search.

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How to make 100k a year?

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Don't get a

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degree in political science

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How to make 100k a year?

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Step 1: Don't have a shite degree.

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Have a degree in political science.

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Welp. You're fricked.

industrial construction

Tough love here: sell the damn house. You bought too much house for your present income, and now you’re unhappy with your pay cause you’re spending too much on that mortgage. You know that an advanced degree or training in a new field will boost your income, but you say it’s not an option because you’ve got to pay that mortgage. See the theme here?

You’ve decided to pin your frustrations on your poli sci degree, when the problem is that you’re in a dead end job by choice. You choose to go there everyday. Choose to do something else. You could land a job teaching and get an alternative certification leading to an MA/MEd in 24 months....but NOOO, you’ve got that big fat mortgage. The poli sci degree and mortgage are excuses that allow you to feel frustrated and give you permission not to do anything about it.

What have you done/are you doing, right now, to improve your skill set? What’s your side hustle? Why are you worth $100k to an employer? Get off your couch in your too expensive house and do SOMEthing—learn to code, become a youth sports official, teach piano or guitar, do small job home repairs, study to be building inspector or real estate appraiser....

In short, do something with your free time that makes you more marketable. I like the appraiser/inspector angles, personally. They’re related to your construction world experience and you can work your contacts in that arena.

Work your way up at Chick Fil A

Be a plant baw

Invent something marketable

Just want to thank everyone for their input and advice. The responses have been truly awesome. I was a little hesitant coming on here and asking such a direct lazy question.