I want to say first of all that this may read like a diary entry, and second, that I love this sub and find a lot of catharsis reading these posts since I resonate with the criticisms of work culture, the puritanical work ethic, American capitalism, etc.
But sometimes, I find myself slipping into nihilism if I dwell too much on the negative sides of this. I work part time at a couple different jobs, and sometimes I get depressed feeling like I’m never going to make more money than I do now, or never get a full-time job that doesn’t have awkward hours (like I have now).
When I get like that, it becomes difficult to make steps to improve my life, which do take effort and sometimes take hard work. It’s a catch 22 when it feels like hard work gets me nowhere due to problems in our society, yet without working hard that still guarantees my situation stay the same without improving.
Something that helps me is to remind myself that making my life better does require effort, and that sometimes “work” can be good for me- just so long as its the right kind of work that fully benefits me and not a stupid boss who keeps my surplus value for “the company.” I feel like that’s the heart of this sub to begin with
Tl;dr
I guess my main point is that if anyone else in this sub is like me, where they’ve passed the point of catharsis and are now dwelling in negativity, it might help to remember that you’re stronger than you may think you are. If this doesn’t apply to you, have a nice day anyway 🙂