I'm 40 years old. I've been working full time since a teenager which I'm sure is quite typical.
Recently I got myself a pretty stable, well paid job, the first time ever in my life. I've always been what you could call a workaholic – work first, go above and beyond, etc. Eventually I earn what I believe I'm worth.
But something changed in 2020. I no longer enjoy work. I hate it. The reason? The job is pointless. The management don't care or listen. My industry doesn't help the planet. I'm giving nobody, anywhere, any benefit in any shape or form. I don't feel useful.
It's just earning money for money's sake.
Within the next 12 months I will no longer have a job because AI will take it over. It's already in progress.
I appreciate some people are in a worse position, with far lower pay and a true desire to work hard and earn what they deserve. This is how I've always aspired – work hard, earn well. Play hard etc.
But earning money for its own sake sucks. Work sucks. And there's never enough money to do what you really want to do.
This is more of a rant. And I guess a realisation there's no way out of the rat race. All the while millionaires and billionaires make money by doing nothing, purely by earning interest.