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Was intrigued by the title, disagree completely with the content. You can have a rewarding job and still be unhappy, you can have no job at all and be the happ

Was intrigued by the title, disagree completely with the content. You can have a rewarding job and still be unhappy, you can have no job at all and be the happiest person out there. Happiness is not one-dimensional... I still think it's a fascinating topic, anyone got any better recommendations for reading up on this?

hinata08 4y ago
Why would you even make the connection between work and happiness ? HR and corporations don't work to make you happy, some just play you to get better job and money themselves. I've just learnt to get happiness and fulfillment in clubs, friends and family, so that some abusive managers don't have the power to make me happy or not. And I've become more minimalist. I should be able to survive, if I change of job.
- welfare 4y ago
  Completely agree and that’s why I was so disappointed with the post. Instead of something insightful it was just a random rant from someone feeling miserable about their job. It’s the biggest lie out there that self-fulfillment comes from working.
- adamsmith143 4y ago
  Yes, it turns out work will NOT make you free...
  - brookst 4y ago
    "Free" is an absolute that can never be achieved. But work (or at least the money it produces) can deliver types of freedom not otherwise available. Like just deciding to spend a weekend in Paris, or buying a boat, or whatever. Not that everyone can/should want those kinds of freedoms, but money really is a proxy for freedom in this world.
    - Towaway69 4y ago
      Work -> money -> freedom -> happiness. Elon Musk is the happiest person alive. QED.
    - hinata08 4y ago
      In a way but having money can take away some other kinds of freedom. If you decide to invest instead of spending (mostly in real estate), get successful and well paid on a job, and see money as the only proxy for freedom, you might kill your chances to actually move to Paris, to fulfill yourself in NGOs and clubs, and to build what you want. You will be bound to a city, and to the GDP-making economy. You will only build the legacy that your manager needs, not yourself, and then drive back to your anonymous house. Also, the wildest stories I've ever heard where from lowkey and remote agricultural villages, or from suburbs, as they go under all the radars. If you have money, you most likely live in a city where you have to keep images. Having money is double edged, IMO. It's nice to have it, but you still need to feel free, and to be ready to be free to actually be free.
  - SyzygistSix 4y ago
    But it said it would on the sign at the entrance!
    - hinata08 4y ago
      Congratulation ! You won / \----------------------, \_,| | | 1 godwin point | | ,-------------------- \_/___________________/

hinata08 4y ago

Why would you even make the connection between work and happiness ? HR and corporations don't work to make you happy, some just play you to get better job and money themselves. I've just learnt to get happiness and fulfillment in clubs, friends and family, so that some abusive managers don't have the power to make me happy or not. And I've become more minimalist. I should be able to survive, if I change of job.

welfare 4y ago
Completely agree and that’s why I was so disappointed with the post. Instead of something insightful it was just a random rant from someone feeling miserable about their job. It’s the biggest lie out there that self-fulfillment comes from working.
adamsmith143 4y ago
Yes, it turns out work will NOT make you free...
- brookst 4y ago
  "Free" is an absolute that can never be achieved. But work (or at least the money it produces) can deliver types of freedom not otherwise available. Like just deciding to spend a weekend in Paris, or buying a boat, or whatever. Not that everyone can/should want those kinds of freedoms, but money really is a proxy for freedom in this world.
  - Towaway69 4y ago
    Work -> money -> freedom -> happiness. Elon Musk is the happiest person alive. QED.
  - hinata08 4y ago
    In a way but having money can take away some other kinds of freedom. If you decide to invest instead of spending (mostly in real estate), get successful and well paid on a job, and see money as the only proxy for freedom, you might kill your chances to actually move to Paris, to fulfill yourself in NGOs and clubs, and to build what you want. You will be bound to a city, and to the GDP-making economy. You will only build the legacy that your manager needs, not yourself, and then drive back to your anonymous house. Also, the wildest stories I've ever heard where from lowkey and remote agricultural villages, or from suburbs, as they go under all the radars. If you have money, you most likely live in a city where you have to keep images. Having money is double edged, IMO. It's nice to have it, but you still need to feel free, and to be ready to be free to actually be free.
- SyzygistSix 4y ago
  But it said it would on the sign at the entrance!
  - hinata08 4y ago
    Congratulation ! You won / \----------------------, \_,| | | 1 godwin point | | ,-------------------- \_/___________________/