Hello Redditors, I think you guys can help me with this.
The situation is that I was born with Cerebral Parese, which affects the entire right side of my body. I have always strived not to be a burden on society. When I was little I often overheard conversations about how I would never get a job, or how I would need to live in a home, when I got older.
I wanted to prove everybody wrong and now I have a master's degree in ancient civilizations and a minor in history.
The problem?
During my MA my left hand and arm started to hurt. It was damaged from my excessive studying, and generally only using my left hand for everything. I got offered an operation to fix it, but it didn't work – and now I can't feel my left ring finger, and water retention in my left arm.
I tried for a year to get a job, I really tried, but I just physically can't. I was put on track to get my disability pension after that, and I am really close to getting it. But I feel bad about it. I feel like a faker, that is just too lazy to work and took the easy way out.
I feel embarrassed about even thinking about meeting anyone from college, about never making something of myself – and I do not know what to do with myself with all the free time I am about to have (the excessive studying did not leave time for much else).
So redditors of antiwork, can you help me feel better about my soon-to-be work-free life?
And if you did not have work, what would you do with your time? (just looking for inspiration.