Dammit i didn't needed a reality check right now. Shit. Fuck.
I always think of all the fun work I'd like to do but can't because it's not economically feasible. Research, game dev, learning to compose. At least I take a lot of solace in thinking that eventually other people will have the right to do what they think is best without having to worry about paying rent or whether they'll get health insurance through it, and that I'm helping on that front in some way.
Kids have always dreamed of vocations. Kids feel that calling sense in a much purer way than adults can. They want to sing so they want to be a star. They want to make new things, invent stuff, so they want to be scientists. They want to be cool as shit so they want to become astronauts.
Capitalism fucks that up in so many ways. I'm not even talking about the fact that western kids today want to be streamers. Nowadays (as in as has been for decades) there's no calling, even kids realise that being the lowest grunt in whatever organisation isn't much of a goal so they also dream of "advancement", except that means doing less of the thing you want to do to manage. And if you advance enough, you get to not do that thing you went in to do.
Worst of it all, this is just what we face as kids. To say nothing on the alienation we suffer from, to feel like an animal doing human actions and human fulfilling animal needs. Folks got so used to the term wage slavery that they don't even comprehend how inhuman labour under capitalism is.
I get you, really, but I don't think Marx could've given robots as an example. I was paraphrasing from Estranged Labour.
Besides, robotics aren't always treated with the carelessness we are. The capitalists own the robots as they were machinery, and you know how scum are when it comes to their stuff being damaged.
While this is partially true, there's been a lot of study on what makes us feel like we have purpose, and how our sense of purpose drives our well-being. They’ve even done studies on the elderly and found that those who retire and just "relax" tend to die earlier than those who continue to "work" in some way (note that "work" is broad in this usage. Volunteering, or having a structure and activities where you feel like you're filling a need is included).
A carreer that you are able to partake in with severely reduced hours can easily be just that.
Okay, but, it takes some serious introspection to re-examine what will actually make you happy vs. what you've always thought would make you happy.
I had to really dig into that in my early 30's, and now in my late 30's, I couldn't be happier.
Cmon man, what the fuck man.
I didn't a reality check right now, fuuuuuck
You can't have happiness without having sadness. In the same way, you couldn't have things get better if things couldn't get worse. They are two parts of the same coin. So enjoy the moment. Do not let some roadbumps throw you off the road. ;)
You cannot have health without having disease. They are two parts of the same coin.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_dilemma
As a kid I was miserable but at least now I'm in control over what makes me miserable.
Try suppressing your emotions (thats good to do sometimes) and focus on your duty. Be a good husband, worker, and friend. If its beyond your control, then don't worry about it. Its not your problem if the crane carrying you while you do construction work is operated by a drunk.
this meme from my earlier post is how I feel if you are miserable. https://lemmygrad.ml/post/713812
