Antiwork

I don’t want a job or career where I’m sitting down all day but also don’t want one where I’m doing hard physically demanding work. Any advice? I live with my parents still which is culturally good for me. I know this is the anti work sub but the reality is I need to get a job if I want to have a future. Any advice? I’m very indecisive. I kind of don’t care at this point I just feel like a bum.

I’ve been applying to jobs for a couple weeks and I’m pretty sure the only interview I’ve had will result in an offer. However, I’m struggling immensely with if I should accept it and I feel like an idiot. I’m currently a teacher on a medical leave for depression because my work-life balance goals were impossible. I didn’t want to be a teacher because I knew I would always be taking work home with me, but I graduated college in Spring 2020 and needed a job. I am desperate to get out of this job. The only positives are things I need to live like solid health insurance, high retirement contributions, and job security. To sum up the negatives, I felt trapped, hopeless, depressed, and had fleeting suicidal thoughts. Most of my colleagues taught 2ish subjects, often the same one just at a different pace. I taught 4, resulting in…

I work at a great company that offers amazing benefits. The pay could be better given increased living costs, but it’s much more than my last job. I’m super lucky to be at this company. But a lot of days while I sit at my desk wasting time because I’ve finished my 3 hours of work, I remember how I used to work my ass off at restaurants or manual labor jobs making minimum wage and dealing with horrific management and no PTO or benefits. And I know that a lot of the country still lives like that. And I feel BAD making more money now for doing less work. But like, if the minimum wage and overall salaries were higher and people here were guaranteed PTO and health insurance then I wouldn’t feel bad. After years of shitty pay and jobs, this shitty capitalist society is making me feel…

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