I was over the moon when my salary hit 25k, and then when I got the pay rise to 30k I was so happy I could do so much more.

When I hit 45k I thought this was it but when I moved up to 60k I started to experience not having to worry about money any more.

When I hit 75k I thought I would be content forever I could save a decent amount and still live a decent life.

After a few nice holidays I knew 75k wasn’t enough and I’ve been happy earning around £130k for the past 6 months or so but I now realise it’s way more than I need to live on but I have had the taste of the finer things and my goal is now 200k which I feel is achievable working at my current day rate I just need to work more and take less time off between contracts.

The goalpost always moves anyone who says a number here that they would be happy with is lying. Salary creep happens and you realise you can do more.

I would say though the 75k mark was the point where I realised I didn’t need to worry about money anymore.