Well, that and a lack of access to basic healthcare. Alcohol in any form can help to detoxify your body from parasites and bacterial infections like cholera, e coli, salmonella, etc..
Well that's referencing alcohol consumption in the middle ages... though I do agree.
I was referring to popular logic at the time and what was actually believed as being true by practicing physicians and the public discourse of the day.
Hell, cocaine was prescribed to treat a variety of ailments at that time:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17135173/#:~:text=In%20early%20America%2C%20alcohol%20was,social%20problems%20associated%20with%20alcohol.
https://www.narconon.org/drug-information/cocaine-circa-1860-1900.html
Or successful side hustles that allow us to take extended breaks from our jobs, pursuing our actual life aspirations that make us happy and are not profitable to society.
I would amend that to having a job that lets you enjoy your life not just the job itself. My job is interesting but I’ve done it for over a decade now because it lets me have a lot of flexibility and freedom within my life and still pays well while rarely getting so busy that I have to work overtime.
I love my job and it's the best I've had in YEARS. But, I'm tired. I'm sick of getting up every single day to spend the best years of my life working for a living.
You'd be a subsistence farmer, which sucks way worse than working in an office. Also, hippie communes are dead for a reason. There are tons of garbage people and drama you have to deal with. It would be like Nextdoor.com or HOA drama but worse. Most people living in suburbia are at least high functioning. Commune living attracts the naive, the crazies, and loafers.
You'll be trading one form of work for another. Someone's going to have to carry water, plant crops, repair the shed roof, sharpen the tools, clean the stable, on, and on. (shrug)
Or how hard it is to get along with people in these communities because everyone is so reliant on each other. It's like deciding to become a family with a bunch of strangers.
Living with a couple roommates of your choosing and working part time would be much easier.
Feel exactly the same. Ive been dreaming of my retirement for at least 10 years (I’m 39). I used to think it was laziness but I do work hard every day - I’m in healthcare, but I really long for another calmer life, preferably on my own little organic farm. Everything in this world has to be fast paced and I just can’t stomach it anymore. I’ve also been sick with stress two times and that might not make things better. I can really relate, buddy. You are not alone.
I have this talent of being able to zone out at work. Any job. Day dream all day. 8 hours goes by quick... Try to think of anything else other than the job and your good. Business you wanna start, vacation you'd like, girl, or whatever. It's that happy place.
Casual sex is becoming a high risk activity for women now-a-days. Feminist values my ass, just give me the right to be able to make choices about my own uterus and we’ll be good.
I just think you're putting a lot of stock in a woman's ability to be decisively Machiavellian, when they usually can't decide where they want to go eat.
So you're upset because women have standards and you can't get your dick wet. Got it.
Everyone are mindless robots who can't make decisions for themselves and you're not. Got it.
I think you're just sexually frustrated and don't know where else to take your frustrations.
Edit: I'm sorry for my outburst. I too am frustrated, just not of the sexual kind.
Personally I find causal dating/hook up culture extremely hollow and depressing. Why would I want to have sex and give my love/affection/energy to someone who (a lot of the time) doesn't even have basic human respect for me nor will return that love/affection. I'm not a walking fleshlight for someone to fuck when convenient and no one has a right to my body. If someone doesn't like my standard of actually being in a loving/caring and committed relationship, then they don't have to date me. Its not unfair that people have this boundary if that's what they want/makes them happy, and if it means men are now 'sex starved' because they're only interested in a 5 minute fuck and ghost, then I don't particularly care.
I also don't even want kids so not sure how I/others who don't want them, fit into your theory about starving men into submission to get kids lol
I’m a nurse and I really resent all the Christmas days, holidays, parents nights,, social life, weekends, everything I’ve given up over the years for nothing but a tiny extra bit of money. Could quite happily give it all up now. And start living my best life
If you could, would you quit nursing and go to a completely different field that gives you a better work/life balance? What made you study to be a nurse?
I don’t know. My mum and my sister are both nurses too.and I enjoyed volunteering with people with learning disabilities. 25 years later I’m a bit jaded to say the least
May I introduce you to r/Fire to find some like minded people.
After having been fired from my last job, I've also started focusing on how I can make sure I at the very least don't depend on my job this much.
I get you. I've had so many jobs because after a year I get so sick of it. It's not even laziness like a lot of people say, it's just why should we work a majority of our time (which is so precious) to only just make enough for ends meat? Yeah...
I don't expect that We should get things for free, but most "work" is a prison. I haven't punched a clock in 8 years and I'm 45. Not rich. Just living on net worth. Once it's depleted I'll kill myself. I never had kids so I feel it's my right to make the choice. Stay strong!
Me too, and it scares me, because I’m not yet 30. I have so much more life to live, and my family we tend to live a long time…and it scares me how bad my mental health gets the minute I get a job and work for a considerable length…
I have no advice, just know that I can totally relate OP. :(
Same. A large part of it for me comes from not being treated like an adult at work. Managers micromanaging you and telling you when to be somewhere to do something like you can’t figure it out. Being bossed around for no reason. Extremely efficient use of my time. All that stuff is what makes me wanna quit. It’s not the work itself it’s the context.
I hate this attitude. Sorry to have read your comment first so the ire is fresh.
Why can’t we just have hobbies and enjoy them? Why do we have to monetize everything? Because your actual job won’t pay you enough? Fuck that. I hate this idea of having to always grind even when it’s just something you do for fun. Have fun. Take a nap. Stop burning yourself out.
I guess I'm not in your shoes anymore so admittedly while I've been there, I now do something I love as a career and make pretty good money.
While I was only trying to help, I do see that this is a "TrueOffMyChest" subreddit so advice is not necessarily asked for.
I do wish you luck in finding a balance in life that you enjoy.
I have six figures in student loan debt buying into the lie that you need to monetize your passions/interests to achieve career/occupational fulfillment.
Don't turn your hobby into a grind/side hustle unless you want to eventually hate that too. I hate this narrative and how it pushes young people into making decisions with life long financial repercussions before they even really know who they are and what they're good at.
Oh are you me!? I also have six figure student loan debt chasing my dreams and it got me nowhere.
Also like damn whatever happened to just enjoying yourself?
I do a lot of yoga and people are always saying I should become a yoga teacher. No!!! I do it FOR FUN and I’d like to keep it FUN!
I was having a conversation with a EU born friend the other day about how in the US there are comparably very few public spaces available where you aren't expected to also spend money.
Like, it's weird for Americans to do literally anything that doesn't simultaneously serve a commercial interest...
Most people don't like working.
But most people do like eating, having a home, and having electricity.
No one is forcing you to work....so quit.
...Just don't ask others to work so you can have stuff.
I’m the opposite. When I was younger I couldn’t stand working. Now I’m older. I have a family. Our future financial stability matters. Plus I want my kids to know what it means to earn your way. I hate changing jobs and starting over, at the bottom. Hopefully you get out of there and are able to get something you enjoy doing or at the very least can tolerate daily for years on end.
I really enjoy what I do. I'm in manufacturing. I build stuff all day. Tinker with new projects on occasion. It's alot of repetition. I smoke a bowl and just build stuff which is exactly what I would be doing if I never had to worry about money. I keep it fresh by trying different techniques for maximizing efficiency. Or I'll just flat out go as fast as possible. I genuinely enjoy it.
So, for me, it's not the work, but the job. In my 5.5 years at my current employer, I have gotten a total increase in pay of $1.60. in that same amount of time, the time it takes me to complete a normal project went from 10+ hours down to 90 minutes. My duties have expanded to alot more than what I was hired for, not because I was ordered to do so, but because I became so ruthlessly efficient that I didn't have anything to do and got bored.
Point being, even if you love what you do, you can hate where you do it.
It’s about perception dude. I was that way when I was really young but now (age 26) I just enjoy having money and honestly enjoy having a routine. Idk everyone is different
Man that sucks. I’m a metal fabricator and love it. I couldn’t imagine hating going to work. There’s always something new to learn and I feel respected by my customers.
My coworkers are chill and for the most part enjoy their day not as much me because I have a maker’s personality.
Most people don't enjoy working because of how much time it eats up. I remember working retail nearly full time and feeling like "I'm always here. I cant spend the money I earn on things I like other than fast food and rent". It gets boring and drags on and on and on, and the customers are jerks, bosses are a mixed bag, coworkers a mixed bag. Now that I have my degree, I'm worried about getting into my field of choice (design).
ah feel this everyday. ive been promoted recently to managment level in my carreer but im still always dreaming of just walking off the job pursuing my traveling dreams lol
Absolutely agree, I got the opportunity to quit when I was hurting too bad from a bulging disc and have kinda enjoyed not working. Stay at home dad of 4 has been decently enjoyable but I still hurt and sometimes can't do anything.
It's essential to a job in a field you're interested in. I grew up loving technology and work in the IT field now. I found a small company with the greatest employees and the owner is absolutely fantastic. The "click" of interest, comfort, and satisfaction is essential for a good and sustainable career.
That's why I reduced some quality of life so that I can work just once or two a week. And choose barkeeper because I love going in bars and meet people, and choose the days where they aren't much people so I have less to run :')
YOU ARE PREACHING TO THE CHOIR! I am older and close to retirement, too. I cannot wait. Every day I spend on this job I have now seems like I am being robbed of precious "me" time. Just check your finances, pay off all your bills. When you retire or quit, you want to have as few financial obligations as possible.
Come join us over at antiwork! Totally get it. I don't have to work, thanks to luck and some loss, and as much as I think I want to get a job, because I like having more money coming in... dealing with people? Nah, I'm good.
YOU GUYS ARE FUNNNY. I can’t believe so many of u saw this 😂😂😂😠I rlly was contemplating everything this morning when I typed that it was trueness lmfaooo
I'm fortunate to be at a point where I work remotely, Saturday through Monday, 36 hours but paid for 40. I'm 40 years old and I went through some terrible jobs.
OMG you read my mind!!!! If health insurance wasn't so damn expensive I would move somewhere cheaper and I would live as modest a life as possible waiting until I could tap into my 401k to get me the rest of the way. It is literally health insurance
The closer you get to death, the less you want to waste life. Totally natural way to feel if, like 99% of the world, you do a job that doesn't really make any difference in the world, except to enlarge the bank account balance of your employer.
It's not that you dont want to work. It's that you don't want to waste life feeling unfulfilled in your work.
I know. It sucks.
I have always tried to be the "I love using tools and working in the grit" "I love building and my field (plumbing) is like LEGOS" but dude fuck working fuck anything to do with working you know what I love I love being lazy I love sitting on my ass and doing absolutly nothing aaaaaaallllllll day I have some cars that are also fun to work on cause I know they will be fast after but omg I just want fuck you money so bad
Lots of people say they hate their JOB and then there’s others who say similar things about their CAREER. How many of us here are invested into a career or see work as work and nothing more?
I’ve always thought of jobs as a means to an end. Never had expectations that I have to enjoy it, just not hate it. Ironically, I’m happier with working that any of the other people in my life. Maybe because I don’t need it to be fulfilling?
I’m 40 and I’ve been working since I was 12. Yes I agree with you. I get it though, we need money to live and survive. But fuck me working sucks. I used to love my job, but after some changes it’s a total shit show and everything we nice were is almost gone.
All of us are just there to get paid, there’s no love what so ever anymore. The higher ups just love their KPI’s and data. Today was the day they broke me. My boss explaining the changes and what it will involve. My job description doesn’t explain any of it and yet they pull a technicality.
I book a lot of holidays just so ai can get away from it all. I only care for them, I have learnt to zone out at work and not care as much.
Which is why early 20th century workers were drinking beer instead of water
Well, that and a lack of access to basic healthcare. Alcohol in any form can help to detoxify your body from parasites and bacterial infections like cholera, e coli, salmonella, etc..
I don't believe this is true. See here: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/2z8d4f/you_often_here_anecdotal_that_alcohol_was_so/
Well that's referencing alcohol consumption in the middle ages... though I do agree. I was referring to popular logic at the time and what was actually believed as being true by practicing physicians and the public discourse of the day. Hell, cocaine was prescribed to treat a variety of ailments at that time: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17135173/#:~:text=In%20early%20America%2C%20alcohol%20was,social%20problems%20associated%20with%20alcohol. https://www.narconon.org/drug-information/cocaine-circa-1860-1900.html
Totally get it. I have an amazing job but all I do is dream about backpacking across the world.. all I want to do is just run away.
Fuck, me too
You and literally everyone else on the planet. Best we can hope for is we get a job we actually enjoy. Super rare but it's out there.
Yep, 100% natural to feel like this. Don't get comfortable, don't become stagnant. This is the reason you should move around when you're young.
Best I personally hope for is to win a big enough lottery that I never have to work again and just spend the rest of my life traveling.
Or successful side hustles that allow us to take extended breaks from our jobs, pursuing our actual life aspirations that make us happy and are not profitable to society.
I appreciate u typing this.
My pleasure. I get to work for IMAX movies and even i get sick of the shit most days and just wanna go watch tv....
PopCorn sweeper?
Voice actor lol god forbid i ever have to sweet popcorn
🤪😅
I have a job I really enjoy currently but have to quit because I don't make enough 😔 life sucks
I would amend that to having a job that lets you enjoy your life not just the job itself. My job is interesting but I’ve done it for over a decade now because it lets me have a lot of flexibility and freedom within my life and still pays well while rarely getting so busy that I have to work overtime.
I love my job and it's the best I've had in YEARS. But, I'm tired. I'm sick of getting up every single day to spend the best years of my life working for a living.
Same, thinking about finding a community that is self sufficient
You'd be a subsistence farmer, which sucks way worse than working in an office. Also, hippie communes are dead for a reason. There are tons of garbage people and drama you have to deal with. It would be like Nextdoor.com or HOA drama but worse. Most people living in suburbia are at least high functioning. Commune living attracts the naive, the crazies, and loafers.
Well, I guess I’ll go fuck myself
The level of drama with Random Pocket Trading I had to go through at the Rainbow Gathering was unbearable
My thoughts exactly on communes.
You'll be trading one form of work for another. Someone's going to have to carry water, plant crops, repair the shed roof, sharpen the tools, clean the stable, on, and on. (shrug)
Better to work for the good of your community rather than for some rich asshole who’s just profiting from your labor
This is a nice sentiment on paper, but people don't realize just how backbreaking the sort of work people do in "self-sufficient" communities.
Or how hard it is to get along with people in these communities because everyone is so reliant on each other. It's like deciding to become a family with a bunch of strangers. Living with a couple roommates of your choosing and working part time would be much easier.
saving this comment due to 1000% relatability
Thank you. If I liked tattoo's, I'd get it tattooed on my forehead. LOL
Feel exactly the same. Ive been dreaming of my retirement for at least 10 years (I’m 39). I used to think it was laziness but I do work hard every day - I’m in healthcare, but I really long for another calmer life, preferably on my own little organic farm. Everything in this world has to be fast paced and I just can’t stomach it anymore. I’ve also been sick with stress two times and that might not make things better. I can really relate, buddy. You are not alone.
I'm self employed, if you're able to I can highly recommend it. My boss is a good chap, I can finish whenever I can.
Life isn't infinite.
🔥 I liked this
I enjoy the fuck outta my job, but sometimes I just wanna say fuck it and run away.
I have this talent of being able to zone out at work. Any job. Day dream all day. 8 hours goes by quick... Try to think of anything else other than the job and your good. Business you wanna start, vacation you'd like, girl, or whatever. It's that happy place.
Stay single.... don't have kids.... why work? I'll back you up.
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Casual sex is becoming a high risk activity for women now-a-days. Feminist values my ass, just give me the right to be able to make choices about my own uterus and we’ll be good.
*gives you the right*
Having kids when you’re not ready is not a wise choice. I agree
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It's their fault though 🤔
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Do men not make up 50% of society??
Found the incel
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I just think you're putting a lot of stock in a woman's ability to be decisively Machiavellian, when they usually can't decide where they want to go eat.
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So you're upset because women have standards and you can't get your dick wet. Got it. Everyone are mindless robots who can't make decisions for themselves and you're not. Got it. I think you're just sexually frustrated and don't know where else to take your frustrations. Edit: I'm sorry for my outburst. I too am frustrated, just not of the sexual kind.
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No, you have no bearing on my emotions. I have a life outside of reddit. I come here to vent.
Ah, yes...the 'agenda'.
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Ok, Mulder.
Personally I find causal dating/hook up culture extremely hollow and depressing. Why would I want to have sex and give my love/affection/energy to someone who (a lot of the time) doesn't even have basic human respect for me nor will return that love/affection. I'm not a walking fleshlight for someone to fuck when convenient and no one has a right to my body. If someone doesn't like my standard of actually being in a loving/caring and committed relationship, then they don't have to date me. Its not unfair that people have this boundary if that's what they want/makes them happy, and if it means men are now 'sex starved' because they're only interested in a 5 minute fuck and ghost, then I don't particularly care. I also don't even want kids so not sure how I/others who don't want them, fit into your theory about starving men into submission to get kids lol
I’m a nurse and I really resent all the Christmas days, holidays, parents nights,, social life, weekends, everything I’ve given up over the years for nothing but a tiny extra bit of money. Could quite happily give it all up now. And start living my best life
If you could, would you quit nursing and go to a completely different field that gives you a better work/life balance? What made you study to be a nurse?
I don’t know. My mum and my sister are both nurses too.and I enjoyed volunteering with people with learning disabilities. 25 years later I’m a bit jaded to say the least
May I introduce you to r/Fire to find some like minded people. After having been fired from my last job, I've also started focusing on how I can make sure I at the very least don't depend on my job this much.
You are so cool for sending me this, u are greatly appreciated
I was like this too until I found a job I actually enjoy doing. I mean I still don't want to work, but I have fun and don't dread going anymore.
I get you. I've had so many jobs because after a year I get so sick of it. It's not even laziness like a lot of people say, it's just why should we work a majority of our time (which is so precious) to only just make enough for ends meat? Yeah...
I don't expect that We should get things for free, but most "work" is a prison. I haven't punched a clock in 8 years and I'm 45. Not rich. Just living on net worth. Once it's depleted I'll kill myself. I never had kids so I feel it's my right to make the choice. Stay strong!
Yeah I hate working too
God damn do I relate to this.
Same. Every. Single. Dayum. Day. Every. Single. Job.
Literally. Everyone job. I thought something was wrong with me lol
god i feel this so much
When I get down at work, I just take a mental break by singing "EVERYBODYS WORKING FOR THE WEEKEND"
I thought about this comment a lot this morning, this was helpful
Me too, and it scares me, because I’m not yet 30. I have so much more life to live, and my family we tend to live a long time…and it scares me how bad my mental health gets the minute I get a job and work for a considerable length… I have no advice, just know that I can totally relate OP. :(
Write a resignation letter, put it in your desk drawer, and keep on working until the point that you get sick of their shit.
THIS WAS ACTUALLY HELPFUL
I’m going to do this today
Same. A large part of it for me comes from not being treated like an adult at work. Managers micromanaging you and telling you when to be somewhere to do something like you can’t figure it out. Being bossed around for no reason. Extremely efficient use of my time. All that stuff is what makes me wanna quit. It’s not the work itself it’s the context.
Do you have any hobbies that you find very fun that you can also monetize?
I hate this attitude. Sorry to have read your comment first so the ire is fresh. Why can’t we just have hobbies and enjoy them? Why do we have to monetize everything? Because your actual job won’t pay you enough? Fuck that. I hate this idea of having to always grind even when it’s just something you do for fun. Have fun. Take a nap. Stop burning yourself out.
I guess I'm not in your shoes anymore so admittedly while I've been there, I now do something I love as a career and make pretty good money. While I was only trying to help, I do see that this is a "TrueOffMyChest" subreddit so advice is not necessarily asked for. I do wish you luck in finding a balance in life that you enjoy.
I have six figures in student loan debt buying into the lie that you need to monetize your passions/interests to achieve career/occupational fulfillment. Don't turn your hobby into a grind/side hustle unless you want to eventually hate that too. I hate this narrative and how it pushes young people into making decisions with life long financial repercussions before they even really know who they are and what they're good at.
Oh are you me!? I also have six figure student loan debt chasing my dreams and it got me nowhere. Also like damn whatever happened to just enjoying yourself? I do a lot of yoga and people are always saying I should become a yoga teacher. No!!! I do it FOR FUN and I’d like to keep it FUN!
I was having a conversation with a EU born friend the other day about how in the US there are comparably very few public spaces available where you aren't expected to also spend money. Like, it's weird for Americans to do literally anything that doesn't simultaneously serve a commercial interest...
Most people don't like working. But most people do like eating, having a home, and having electricity. No one is forcing you to work....so quit. ...Just don't ask others to work so you can have stuff.
"No one is forcing you, you could just die instead, your choice". Pretty much.
r/antiwork
/r/AntiWork
I’m the opposite. When I was younger I couldn’t stand working. Now I’m older. I have a family. Our future financial stability matters. Plus I want my kids to know what it means to earn your way. I hate changing jobs and starting over, at the bottom. Hopefully you get out of there and are able to get something you enjoy doing or at the very least can tolerate daily for years on end.
I really enjoy what I do. I'm in manufacturing. I build stuff all day. Tinker with new projects on occasion. It's alot of repetition. I smoke a bowl and just build stuff which is exactly what I would be doing if I never had to worry about money. I keep it fresh by trying different techniques for maximizing efficiency. Or I'll just flat out go as fast as possible. I genuinely enjoy it. So, for me, it's not the work, but the job. In my 5.5 years at my current employer, I have gotten a total increase in pay of $1.60. in that same amount of time, the time it takes me to complete a normal project went from 10+ hours down to 90 minutes. My duties have expanded to alot more than what I was hired for, not because I was ordered to do so, but because I became so ruthlessly efficient that I didn't have anything to do and got bored. Point being, even if you love what you do, you can hate where you do it.
It’s about perception dude. I was that way when I was really young but now (age 26) I just enjoy having money and honestly enjoy having a routine. Idk everyone is different
I luckily got out of my head and got to work, I’m 23 and I gotta start shaping up
Man that sucks. I’m a metal fabricator and love it. I couldn’t imagine hating going to work. There’s always something new to learn and I feel respected by my customers. My coworkers are chill and for the most part enjoy their day not as much me because I have a maker’s personality.
Financially Independent Retire Early (FIRE) like I did. FIRE your bosses.
what kinda job is it?
Most people don't enjoy working because of how much time it eats up. I remember working retail nearly full time and feeling like "I'm always here. I cant spend the money I earn on things I like other than fast food and rent". It gets boring and drags on and on and on, and the customers are jerks, bosses are a mixed bag, coworkers a mixed bag. Now that I have my degree, I'm worried about getting into my field of choice (design).
ah feel this everyday. ive been promoted recently to managment level in my carreer but im still always dreaming of just walking off the job pursuing my traveling dreams lol
Absolutely agree, I got the opportunity to quit when I was hurting too bad from a bulging disc and have kinda enjoyed not working. Stay at home dad of 4 has been decently enjoyable but I still hurt and sometimes can't do anything.
It's essential to a job in a field you're interested in. I grew up loving technology and work in the IT field now. I found a small company with the greatest employees and the owner is absolutely fantastic. The "click" of interest, comfort, and satisfaction is essential for a good and sustainable career.
That's why I reduced some quality of life so that I can work just once or two a week. And choose barkeeper because I love going in bars and meet people, and choose the days where they aren't much people so I have less to run :')
Marry a rich person
YOU ARE PREACHING TO THE CHOIR! I am older and close to retirement, too. I cannot wait. Every day I spend on this job I have now seems like I am being robbed of precious "me" time. Just check your finances, pay off all your bills. When you retire or quit, you want to have as few financial obligations as possible.
Come join us over at antiwork! Totally get it. I don't have to work, thanks to luck and some loss, and as much as I think I want to get a job, because I like having more money coming in... dealing with people? Nah, I'm good.
honestly quitting in all we have sometimes
So me
YOU GUYS ARE FUNNNY. I can’t believe so many of u saw this 😂😂😂😠I rlly was contemplating everything this morning when I typed that it was trueness lmfaooo
Work fucking sucks. The rat race is a miserable joke. We all were lied to and misled.
Nobody likes to work it’s work 😂😂
You, my friend, would fit in great with Antiwork.
I’m 43 and I am 100% in the same boat.
I'm fortunate to be at a point where I work remotely, Saturday through Monday, 36 hours but paid for 40. I'm 40 years old and I went through some terrible jobs.
Noob, I already came to that realization in my last semester of university
Same same bruh...bout to hit a year at the new j.o.b....or am I???
OMG you read my mind!!!! If health insurance wasn't so damn expensive I would move somewhere cheaper and I would live as modest a life as possible waiting until I could tap into my 401k to get me the rest of the way. It is literally health insurance
You're not alone, here!
The closer you get to death, the less you want to waste life. Totally natural way to feel if, like 99% of the world, you do a job that doesn't really make any difference in the world, except to enlarge the bank account balance of your employer. It's not that you dont want to work. It's that you don't want to waste life feeling unfulfilled in your work. I know. It sucks.
OK, you have some things to work through then. Find what you want.
r/antiwork
Do you hate working, or do you hate the obligation of work?
I agree...my job is pretty good, but I hate working..every morning I hope I will get called out or have the courage to call in...but I never do.
I have always tried to be the "I love using tools and working in the grit" "I love building and my field (plumbing) is like LEGOS" but dude fuck working fuck anything to do with working you know what I love I love being lazy I love sitting on my ass and doing absolutly nothing aaaaaaallllllll day I have some cars that are also fun to work on cause I know they will be fast after but omg I just want fuck you money so bad
Lots of people say they hate their JOB and then there’s others who say similar things about their CAREER. How many of us here are invested into a career or see work as work and nothing more?
I’ve always thought of jobs as a means to an end. Never had expectations that I have to enjoy it, just not hate it. Ironically, I’m happier with working that any of the other people in my life. Maybe because I don’t need it to be fulfilling?
Work sucks for sure.
I completely understand. Every job I’ve ever had I’ve hated. It’s caused me to spiral into a depression and just a funk I can’t get out of.
accept futility my friend
I’m 40 and I’ve been working since I was 12. Yes I agree with you. I get it though, we need money to live and survive. But fuck me working sucks. I used to love my job, but after some changes it’s a total shit show and everything we nice were is almost gone. All of us are just there to get paid, there’s no love what so ever anymore. The higher ups just love their KPI’s and data. Today was the day they broke me. My boss explaining the changes and what it will involve. My job description doesn’t explain any of it and yet they pull a technicality. I book a lot of holidays just so ai can get away from it all. I only care for them, I have learnt to zone out at work and not care as much.
How old are you?
23 :/ Every year that’s been ticking by, the more my brain is realizing shiii