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Why does it seem so uncommon to not look for personal fulfillment through one's employment? What I work on is so boring, but I'm grateful for a paycheck of whi
by blindriver 2y ago
Why does it seem so uncommon to not look for personal fulfillment through one's employment?
What I work on is so boring, but I'm grateful for a paycheck of which I'm objectively well-paid. I put in an honest 8 hours of work per day, I get free food and workout one hour every day. Overall I'm pretty happy, even though my work is neither fulfilling or will make me rich. I have no desire to think I'm above getting a paycheck, I tried earning money on my own and it was so hard, I appreciate my paymasters very much.
- disqard 2y agoI think you'd really like Derek Thompson's essay on "Workism": https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/02/religion-workism-making-americans-miserable/583441/ https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/02/religion-w...
- voiceblue 2y agoYour attitude is as common as water in the ocean, but here you have come to the desert to complain. Do you not know what Ycombinator is?
- its_bbq 2y agoDrive by appreciation of this micro bit of prose.