Joan Westenberg
This statement may seem blasphemous in a society obsessed with hustle culture and endless motivation, but let me be honest — I loathe the act of working. I hate it. It doesn’t fulfil my purpose or ignite any passion within me. Our obsession with hustle culture, this idea that our self-worth is tied to how much we achieve, is suffocating. 11 comments
mike805
@peteriskrisjanis @Daojoan Making the world a better place feels good. Creating something that other people will benefit from feels very good. If you hate work then you feel like your work does not make the world better, and might even make it worse. Most of the work people do doesn't need to be done. It is intended to benefit one person at the expense of another, not to increase total wellbeing.
Incorrigible Maker
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James aka "Baldy"
@Daojoan Love this. I'm the same. I don't have a "dream job." I dream of being well rested, having time with my daughters, and helping people however I can. Would be great if I could do that for a fair wage, without hurting myself, and without padding the pockets of execs. 
Tom Hardway
@Daojoan Truth. I don't work for the sake of work. In fact, on any given day, work's my least favorite part of it, bar none. I work for money, and never more than eight hours a day, five days a week if I can help it. As I always say, if I actually enjoyed doing it, I'd do it without someone telling me to. 
Eye
Absolutely this! Wouldn't it be great to have some kind of basic income that's enough for people to get by on, and allows them to work at what they want to do, if they want to. It'd be just as great if a UBI trial could happen in an entire country somewhere. Maybe Kenya would consider it... (Don't suggest things like this out loud though, people will assume you're one of those pesky socialists!) |
Gregory's Server
@Daojoan I fully agree. On my book, hustling and creating are constantly at odds. Sometimes it can work out, but for most of time you just are greedy OR even worse, need to survive.