This is all I think about. I truly do not think humans are meant to work this much. Like you say, I’m not against working entirely. But I hate how life has to revolve around it, particularly if you end up needing to take a job you don’t enjoy just so that you can afford to live. It’s incredibly alienating to feel out of step with something that our entire culture revolves around. Thanks for writing.
Exactly my strategy: barely working (for money, at least) and focusing on living local. Being active in communities, making a difference in people’s lives. It has been freeing to choose this path. I cannot go back to the well paid office life it will kill my soul.
about ten years ago, I heard this psychiatrist on the AM radio going on about how the USA and its economic structure lead to vastly higher rates of.... heart/vascular issues, mental issues, substance abuse, diabetes and cancer
the gentleman was Hungarian I believe -- which caught my attention b/c my wife's father was first generation immigrant from Hungary and he fled to the US due the fallout and violence after the communist uprising that started at the radio tower, and upon arrival he was promptly sent via the Army to fight in Vietnam. He survived Vietnam but not the fallout -- likely due to agent orange and such, he came down with scleroderma in the early 2000's and suffered a pretty horrific ending.
This is all I think about. I truly do not think humans are meant to work this much. Like you say, I’m not against working entirely. But I hate how life has to revolve around it, particularly if you end up needing to take a job you don’t enjoy just so that you can afford to live. It’s incredibly alienating to feel out of step with something that our entire culture revolves around. Thanks for writing.
Exactly my strategy: barely working (for money, at least) and focusing on living local. Being active in communities, making a difference in people’s lives. It has been freeing to choose this path. I cannot go back to the well paid office life it will kill my soul.
I really liked this article. Thanks for making my coffee break enjoyable.
another fine piece ...
about ten years ago, I heard this psychiatrist on the AM radio going on about how the USA and its economic structure lead to vastly higher rates of.... heart/vascular issues, mental issues, substance abuse, diabetes and cancer
the gentleman was Hungarian I believe -- which caught my attention b/c my wife's father was first generation immigrant from Hungary and he fled to the US due the fallout and violence after the communist uprising that started at the radio tower, and upon arrival he was promptly sent via the Army to fight in Vietnam. He survived Vietnam but not the fallout -- likely due to agent orange and such, he came down with scleroderma in the early 2000's and suffered a pretty horrific ending.
Thank you Antonio🙏