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EPISODE · Mar 24, 2026 · 17 MIN

Lifestyle Creep, Overemployment, & What NOBODY Tells You About Losing a 6-Figure Income

from Real Time Creator | A Career Break Diary · host Alison Kinsey Langone

Nobody talks about what happens when a high salary stops feeling like enough. I was making over $200,000 a year and STILL attaching my sense of worth to every paycheck, every commission, every win. This is a vulnerable episode that goes deep into the complex layers of lifestyle creep, what it was like to earn at a high level and why I was still chasing “more” even when I was already maxed out.In This Episode:The debt that “ballooned” to 5-figures overnight when I was in my early 20’sHow I got caught in an unexpected shame spiral because of lifestyle creepThe “overemployment” rabbit hole I fell into while already burned outRelated Episodes:Episode 1: I Lost My $200K Tech Job… and Everything I Thought I WantedEpisode 5: We Scaled Podcasting for Creatives to 22 Clients… Then My Husband Ended Up in the ERLet's Connect:Follow me on Instagram: @alisonkinsey or send me an email: [email protected]. Connect with Alison on LinkedIn.I also help entrepreneurs and thought leaders launch and grow their podcasts through my boutique podcast editing agency, Podcasting for Creatives. 

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Nobody talks about what happens when a high salary stops feeling like enough. I was making over $200,000 a year and STILL attaching my sense of worth to every paycheck, every commission, every win. This is a vulnerable episode that goes deep into the complex layers of lifestyle creep, what it was like to earn at a high level and why I was still chasing “more” even when I was already maxed out. In This Episode: The debt that “ballooned” to 5-figures overnight when I was in my early 20’sH...

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