Alex’s Substack

Alex’s Substack

When Enough Becomes too Much

The optimization curve for income

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Alex Feinberg
Dec 10, 2023
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$800K per year. That’s where it seems additional money correlates with more stress or negative emotions.

While it clearly varies by individual, I am using divorce rates as a proxy for negative emotions.

Money is known to be one of the leading causes of divorces but I submit that the only reason divorces INCREASE after $640K (2019 dollars) is because a person’s priorities are messed up (family is not their core focus) OR

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