Long time lurker.
Long story short I'm two dirty vodka martinis in on a Monday. I work for an anti money laundering company (client based) and make 58k a year, and it wasn't a bad day today, not by any means.
But I started playing hogwarts legacy and I absolutely love (spoiler) where you can breed and take care of the magical beasts (unicorns, hipporgrifs, large purple toads).
It got me thinking how if I didn't need the money, I would be taking care of horses right now. Boy I know how hard back braking work it can be but I would love to be working with animals, specifically horses. I think I would enjoy all farm animals honestly.
The feeling from playing this game alone and seeing the made up baby unicorn play around makes me happy, so much so that I wish I could do it for real….but instead we're stuck in this nightmare where if you don't make enough, you risk becoming homeless and basically work until you die.
I wish things were different. I wish I could do what I wanted and not starve myself. I wish for all of us to be able to be happy, without having to literally kill ourselves at a job that wouldn't think twice if they fired us.
I wish for that cheesy line, if you could do anything for your job and not worry about the money part, what would it be, could be real for everyone.
Thanks for listening.
Be good, be safe, be you.