Ling time lurker, very very very infrequent poster. Recently I caught covid and have been off work for just over two weeks. During that time, I came to the realization that I don't want to work. I work for a decent company, sick leave, pto, good insurance, vacation, etc. But upon this realization, even though I was absolutely too sick to do much, I still found time to (very strictly wearing a mask) to play with my son, work on my passion products, get my schoolwork done, I have time to myself. I get to go back to work on near the end of February if there's no further complications. I still had to go through some fine lines and red tape to even get my covid leave approved, otherwise my ass would of been fired since I burned through my remaining sick leave but I'm covered under the sick leave claim (for now).
This environment that was created for us, the “grind”, slaving away at a company that could potentially care about you really put me into a different perspective and being part of this subreddit definitely opened my eyes the rest of the way. I now fully understand what most of you are going through, have been put through and just wanting to enjoy life, spend time with family, hibernate like a bear and just do what makes you happy.
Do I want to go back? Hell no. Do I have a choice? Sure, if I want to keep myself, my fiancé and son a roof over our heads, fed and clothed.
In the words of Three Dog from Fallout 3, “keep fighting the good fight.”
EDIT: Typical mobile edit. Typos, punctuation, etc