Hi everyone,
I've been working as a social media manager for the past 2 years. I just kinda stumbled upon this career and thought I could have some freedom and peace of mind as it's not a position with a lot of responsibility. Boy was I wrong.
My previous job was in media, the employer was a heartless tyrant and going to work made me want to puke. I actually developed chronic depression and anxiety and I'm currently still on medication. I don't go to therapy because whenever I mention anything anti work they try to convince me that I'm in the wrong. I just don't know how to deal with the system we live in. I don't know how to accept that I HAVE to work and that someone/something will ALWAYS stress me out.
Currently I'm working remotely for a foreign company and I honestly thought that would solve a lot of my problems. And yes, not having to see people you don't care about every day, not having to commute and not having to sit in a stuffy office is GREAT. But… I'm still not happy. I still wake up exhausted every day, I still feel my life force draining away day after day. I still have people above me who know nothing, but pretend they do and make my life miserable. I don't even work that much. Sure, I'm supposed to work 8h a day but frankly I work maybe 4h tops. And I know I'm more fortunate than some people for sure, but for some reason it's still suffocating. I still can't do things I enjoy while not doing any work because of the feeling that I'm at work.
Wow a lot of yapping to get to the point… I think I just started hating anything to do with marketing. It's exhausting, because it never ends. I want to be able to throw my phone and laptop away and never use them again honestly.
Anyways, do you have any suggestions for other types of work that can be done remotely and that don't require much responsibility? And that I can do without previous experience? It doesn't need to pay a whole lot. I live in a rather cheap country and roughly 1500-2000$ a month would be ok.