Here's a thought, in school I always felt trapped. Always rocked up late, skipped a lot of class blah blah. But like what, you get scolded? Maybe suspended? But like if you had an appointment your mum made she could pull you out of class. If you were sick no biggie. You didn't need a certificate. (At least where I'm from you didn't) and when I'd complain about school to my friends we'd say we couldn't wait to be adults so we could have freedom.
Now that I've been working for a while in the adult world, I feel ashamed if I call in sick. I have to get a certificate despite having sick hours but it costs $25 per day your sick for the certificate, then they want you to go to chemist/Dr to get the certificate. Doctors won't backdate sometimes if you can't afford/miss a day?? Like I'm fucking sick, I have the sick leave for that reason why should I need a certificate????? Then if I need to go to an appointment I have to do it during my lunch break and if it goes longer than the allocated time I'm seen as a slacker, spoiled, lazy etc. Feel guilty if I wanna take annual leave. (I'm privileged enough to get paid leave in Australia at least)
But I feel like I have less autonomy to actually live and do things now that I'm an adult which is so whack. Like I'm stuck in an office for a job that could easily be done at home for 8 hours a day, 5 days a week. Then I have to get all my housework done on the weekend. If I can get an appointment on the weekend which is impossible because the places are usually closed. No time to myself. Work is apparently the priority over the individual.
Work/hustle culture is like a weird hive-mindy cult. I fucking hate it. Nothing makes sense about it.