I'm 25, and seem to be in a cycle of moving from one contract job to another.
As someone who considers myself an artist, having a low-committing position means having the freedom to pivot my life in any number of ways. Now I've done this for about 6 years and have saved up well over what an artist would consider a reasonable emergency fund. By some calculations, it would last me 5-6 years (all bills including leisure provided I'm diligent).
For some reason I can't take it upon myself to stop this cycle. Too much fear in the world and hearing about how our earnings are being devalued by forces outside our control. It has been my mission to stack as fat a stack as possible to weather the upcoming rough ages. My ego is hurt because I can physically do what I set out to do, but psychologically I cannot bring myself to it.
For context, I do menial office tasks and get a fancy title. It's boring but I always hear about how horrible other people have it, so I think I feel grateful to be here.
Despite my gratefulness I take advantage of the company I'm at. I show up late, leave early, take lots of breaks, work slow, and make up tasks. If they ever catch me slacking off they can fire me but it's been 6 months and nobody seems to care.
What would you do in this situation? Try to make it as an artist still or keep doing this easy shit while it lasts?