I’ve been working for 10 years (early 30’s) across the gamut of companies. I’ve worked for a medium-sided private company, a global public company and a teeny tiny startup. The longest I’ve lasted at any given job was 3 years and the majority of the time I hated it there (see definition of Disgruntled Employee).
I get super excited signing a job offer, doing something new, changing it up. But right around the 6-9 month mark the newness wears off and I end up resenting the job I once thought was an amazing opportunity. The oppression of mundanity, lack of art/creativity and stifled culture of corporate jobs sits in and I get really unsettled. I can’t possibly do this for another 30 years, sacrificing my existence on this planet to pay bills for just being here. Like, why are we all paying so much to simply exist? Food, housing, clothing, etc. the basic human needs are so outlandishly expensive how can our society be okay forcing people to do meaningless work so that the 1% at the top is fat and happy meanwhile everyone else is living paycheck to paycheck?
It’s honestly a really sad way for everyone to live.