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How to cope with the feeling that I’m missing out on living?

I'm just starting to really feel that yearning for life instead of being at the office 45hrs/week. I have it lucky for sure to even have a job that pays ok and semi stable living situation. I'm young too. I feel like I'm doing what's necessary for my future right now (even though it sucks that its necessary). But Lord I feel sapped. My time at work is spent being bored and pushing papers, then the second I get home it's almost always work work work to fix things and get chores done and just doing everything so that I can keep this job sustainably without falling behind. But I miss out on everything it feels like. I have no social life outside of my house. I don't go to events, I don't do anything spontaneous because it would require weeks to pick up anything I missed getting done or…


I'm just starting to really feel that yearning for life instead of being at the office 45hrs/week. I have it lucky for sure to even have a job that pays ok and semi stable living situation. I'm young too. I feel like I'm doing what's necessary for my future right now (even though it sucks that its necessary). But Lord I feel sapped. My time at work is spent being bored and pushing papers, then the second I get home it's almost always work work work to fix things and get chores done and just doing everything so that I can keep this job sustainably without falling behind. But I miss out on everything it feels like. I have no social life outside of my house. I don't go to events, I don't do anything spontaneous because it would require weeks to pick up anything I missed getting done or any extra money spent.

I know this is the reality (or worse) for basically all of us. Still, any advice on how to cope with that yearning, and the fear that I'm going to miss life completely?

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