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While I'll likely continue working my whole life, one thing I would like is some time off to think about my relationship with work and where I should be focusin

While I'll likely continue working my whole life, one thing I would like is some time off to think about my relationship with work and where I should be focusing my energy. Some kind of UBI or other anti-work outcome seems like it could actually provide space for that. I haven't had more than a 2 week lapse in work for 2 decades... and if I did I'd probably be extremely anxious the whole time. When health insurance and housing rely so heavily on work (speaking from the perspective of an American), not working feels terrifying.

UncleOxidant 5y ago
> When health insurance and housing rely so heavily on work (speaking from the perspective of an American), not working feels terrifying. It seems as though the American system is intentionally setup so that we feel this way. We go through some cycles where capital is in greater control (the Gilded Age, and our current age from about the 80s till Covid)) and then the pendulum swings the other direction for a while and labor gets more of an upper hand - The Progressive era in the early 20th Century, During the Great Depression, COVID (referring to the Great Resignation and the rise in wages that has accompanied it). Let's hope we can continue with labor having a seat at the table again, but given our electoral college system and how our Senate work (Wyoming's less than 1 million population gets the same representation as CAs 39 million + filibuster) I'm not optimistic that this will last long.
ehnto 5y ago
If you can find space for it then I recommend it. It let me restructure my relationship with work internally, and it doesn't necessarily matter what my job is now, I have a healthier outlook on how I should approach it. That's particularly helpful in the times where you don't like your job, but want to be happy anyway. Unfortunately I think that's a personal journey, so I can't really offer any advice on how that could work for you except to say, you need the time to figure it out.

UncleOxidant 5y ago

> When health insurance and housing rely so heavily on work (speaking from the perspective of an American), not working feels terrifying. It seems as though the American system is intentionally setup so that we feel this way. We go through some cycles where capital is in greater control (the Gilded Age, and our current age from about the 80s till Covid)) and then the pendulum swings the other direction for a while and labor gets more of an upper hand - The Progressive era in the early 20th Century, During the Great Depression, COVID (referring to the Great Resignation and the rise in wages that has accompanied it). Let's hope we can continue with labor having a seat at the table again, but given our electoral college system and how our Senate work (Wyoming's less than 1 million population gets the same representation as CAs 39 million + filibuster) I'm not optimistic that this will last long.

ehnto 5y ago

If you can find space for it then I recommend it. It let me restructure my relationship with work internally, and it doesn't necessarily matter what my job is now, I have a healthier outlook on how I should approach it. That's particularly helpful in the times where you don't like your job, but want to be happy anyway. Unfortunately I think that's a personal journey, so I can't really offer any advice on how that could work for you except to say, you need the time to figure it out.