Thinking you can’t be loved beyond what you provide financially as a man is one of the most defeated mindsets you can have.
Why do you think money is the only valuable thing you bring to a relationship? Is your life that empty? Don’t you have character, humour, wisdom, companionship, kindness, or anything else that makes you worth loving?
Each time I achieve an earning level that I’ve always wanted, the euphoria wears off and I’m reminded that humans are an endless jumble of needs and wants (and the economy is largely shit, this is the actual bloody reason).
After my NYSC, I was praying and working towards getting a job that pays at least 60k, I had so much hope that such amount would change my life and that of my family. It's been 7 years and ...
Don't let a 10-minute problem consume a 24-hour day. The email was uncomfortable. The train was late. The conversation went poorly. Feel it, deal with it, then allow the rest of your life to remain intact.