TLDR is this is probably more a vent post than anything lol.
I'm a 27 year old male working as an Office Technician in CA making roughly $2,200 after taxes and contributing to my 401k, salaried. I graduated and have my 4 year degree that I was told to get so I could get this “good job,” only to feel overwhelmed and depressed. My background is I've worked retail since 2012 in places like GameStop and Starbucks while going to college full time.
I clock in, do work that makes me feel unfulfilled, drive home in traffic, only to resort to escapism through video games (so I don't end up spending any money). Me and my girlfriend live check to check in CA.
Any other millenials in the same boat? I feel there has to be something more than slaving your life away 8 hours a day with no savings in the bank to maybe being alright when I retire and cash that 401k out.
I've reached out to Kaiser (but to my knowledge their mental health workers are on strike) and I am just not liquid enough to have access to things like Better Health.
People think antiwork is just people being lazy, but I've put in all the work I was told to do, and I can't even get some of my basic needs met. I don't need to be wealthy. I just need enough to cover my costs of surving in an expensive state.