I believe you are suffering from an imbalance. We all are (in some way).
We have emotional needs that go unmet, casualties of a world that de-prioritizes our mental state in favor of our material welfare.
This is a full-blown cultural phenomenon, rooted in bias. We pursue financial stability and economic wealth (the outward expressions of success) as a proxy for our ability to provide, to take care of our loved ones, to contribute to society.
We trade our time for ever more money, believing that a larger pile will make us secure, that our ability to procure goods and services is a yardstick for our worth, that earning money is our sworn duty. In this constant drive, this bias toward the material, we overestimate our financial needs.
We believe that what we have will never be enough, leading us to work harder, to work more often, to sacrifice more and more time at the altar of income. In the process, we leave our emotional needs unmet, our “lack of time” leading us to eliminate the “unnecessary” – our need for friendship, for love, for connectedness.
This problem is real, but it can be solved. We can live well and be loved, meet our economic needs and make room for friendship, reclaim our time and still provide for our families. I’ll teach you what I’ve learned about the problem (and its solutions), in the hope that you find an applicable lesson and that you’ll be able to improve your life by reprioritizing your emotional needs.