How do I cope selling dream trips I can't afford myself?

All day you hand people their dream escapes while you can barely cover your own life, and the industry's constant instability keeps a low hum of anxiety going underneath. That gap between the luxury you sell and the tightness you live is a real strain. It is hard to keep smiling at someone else's getaway when your own ground feels thin. Try not to measure your life against the trips you book. Those are snapshots of other people's spending, often stretched further than they let on, and a life is not a vacation. Your worth is not smaller because you serve the escape rather than take it. The comparison only feeds the anxiety without telling you anything true. For the anxiety itself, aim at what you can actually hold. Steady the parts of your finances within reach, a small buffer, a clear picture of your numbers, so instability has less power to frighten you. Find footing outside the job's ups and downs, in people and things that do not swing with the season. You give others their dream trips. Make sure your own ordinary life is one you are quietly building too.