I have been unemployed for a little more than a year, and I've been living with depression for the most of that time. I feel that, at 25, I am overeducated and unable to land myself a decently paying job. I can't stand the idea of working and producing goods for others, being robbed of my worth.
In my moments of lucidity, I think of the horrible social mandate to be “productive” and not “lazy”, to constantly monetize every moment of my life in order to just eat, and to also “enjoy” life by just consuming… which feels like a contradiction. I think of this and keep myself asking to what extent all of this contributes to my depression.
I want out, but I don't know how.
I want to make myself a living contributing to other humans life, as far away from “productivity”, consumerism and the capitalist way of thinking as possible, but I can't even start to think how that could be possible today.
I come to this sub for ideas. What are some viable options to make a living outside of capitalism? Is it even possible? Thanks for reading me.
(For some extra content: I live in Argentina, where the economy has been collapsing for years and it's currently very difficult to find an 8-to-5 with a salary that allows living)