Ive worked shitty fast food jobs all my life (16-23 I get thats not as much as others but the burnout is real and something we can all relate to). The way people look down on you, being underpaid, but thankfully those greedy fucks fired me 4 months ago.
I worked at taco bell, my gm was a meth head who was quitting and I reluctantly was taking her role until they found a replacement. I worked two 100 hour weeks back to back with 2 days in a row that were 20 hours shifts BOTH WEEKS. The meth head stayed and I got fired for “forgetting” to clock out for 10 hours of those 200. Hilarious. (Im sure thats part of the reason but the real reason is they were pissed they had to pay me out 3.5k for 2 weeks of work after taxes. HR came and the Regional Manager to watch camera footage of me for all of those two weeks.)
Now they are struggling, everyones been leaving and guess what? I do freelance work editing youtube and other videos for people and get paid a FUCKTON more than before. No more burnout, no more stress (Still catching up on bills from the unemployment though) but my quality of life is astronomical compared.
I hang out with friends now, I do shit, I don't feel like I need to cram a million things into one day because I dread work happening. I also did it with zero work experience in editing. My suggestion is find your path on the internet or atleast something, it sucks dick at first balancing work with unpaid work and I admittedly got lucky with this but it really opened my eyes.
Shitty jobs with no fulfillment whatsoever will always make you feel like trash, whatever the fuck it is. I didnt even know I wanted to do editing but every hour you put in will bring you that much closer to never having a fucking boss again. I work with who I choose.
I go on lunch break when I choose, I can sit in a chair or walk around, go into an office with my buddy or sleep in stay home and work from home whenever the fuck I want and no one can tell me what to do. This ACTUALLY feels like freedom. I hope everyone here ESPECIALLY gets some form of this in life. Fuck corporations, fuck working in shit you don't want to to get by. I dont know you guys but I wish for the best, you all deserve better.