A Washington, D.C. woman who saved a staggering $200,000 in the five years after she graduated from college says she may have sabotaged her long-term career prospects in the process.In a candid essay about her extreme budgeting, Gwen Merz, now 33, said she missed out on invaluable social networking opportunities at the outset of her career by forgoing out-of-office events with her co-workers.
Gwen Merz, 33, from Washington, D.C., originally set out with the goal of accumulating enough assets to retire at age 35 in 2025 - but found herself miserable.
Gwen Merz started saving the majority of her income after college, but later realized how it affected her mental health. Courtesy of Gwen Merz Gwen Merz…