I have serious mental health problems, like constant suicidal and intrusive thoughts and I notice work contributes to this a bit. Always when I’m working in a warehouse, my mind wanders and I’m alone to my thoughts.
The Clash’s song “Clampdown” really spoke to me when I heard someone say they’ve been working in this hell for 8 years. Seriously, wasting 8 years of your life in the same warehouse?? In the song, Jones says, “it’s the best years of your life they want to steal”. I’m in my early 20s and am terrified of wasting my good years. I’m not gonna have fun working this shit job and never getting done with school.
Is it possible to work less and still make enough to live a happy life, seeing places and people? What I really want to do with my life is sculpt.