financial goals
If your current salary and your long-term financial goals are at different ends of the spectrum, that’s OK, but it’s important to have a vision of how you’re going to get there. Do some salary research into your field or the field you hope to work in. Does the average salary get you where you want to go? How quickly? If you have big goals, you might need to consider a different field or a side hustle to make up the difference.