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My realization was similar but different wording. "If you have to work hard just to show up, find something else".
by 9erdelta 6y ago
My realization was similar but different wording. "If you have to work hard just to show up, find something else".
- PartiallyTyped 6y agoCharles Bukowsky expressed it multiple times in his work, there is a particular poem about becoming a writer, but can be adapted to any other endeavour. https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/652205-so-you-want-to-be-a-writer-if-it-doesn-t https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/652205-so-you-want-to-be-a-...: A segment: if it doesn't come bursting out of you in spite of everything, don't do it. unless it comes unasked out of your heart and your mind and your mouth and your gut, don't do it.
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 6y agoAn easy thing to say when you're young and have familial wealth to fall back on or some other means of support while try to find some calling or whatever. I never found something I like doing that people will pay me money for, so I ended up doing the pragmatic thing and finding the job I have to put the least amount of effort into for a reasonable amount of money. I'm kinda sick of entitled people talk about finding your passion and similar advice like this.
- 9erdelta 6y agoFor me this ended meaning lots of student loans and feeling like I'm way behind in life. But glad nonetheless that I found something where it doesn't feel like hard work just to go to work.
- abdabab 6y agoYou don’t need a lot of money to claim freedom over your life. Bukowski didn’t have a lot. Diogenes the Cynic would be one extreme but valid example. People who you’re calling entitled are not all entitled. They’re just a bit more courageous and freewheeling than you and me.