I was in that place last night. The burnout is rough and the lack of energy to pursue an alternative path is a constant. It’s helpful for me to observe it elsewhere and know its not just me and im not the only one that feels it’s all broken.
I still am a big fan of your work, nice read again! This combination of dread and acceptance throughout the text feels very relatable, and I think for many people it is such a blessing to be able to read they’re not the only ones piercing through the depressing veil of what is modern capitalist society. Keep it up!❤️
Dear Antonio, just wanted to drop by and thank you for your writings!
Your style is deeply inspiring. So, THANK YOU from the bottom of my soul!
*lots of hugs*
May I translate this essay to German?
Translating stuff helps me get a feel for the language again… and maybe I'll find my own style of writing someday and start finishing stuff I started. I'll backlink to your original for sure!
I've setup a ko-fi page where I collected and refinded all of my translations that helped me along the way, from the first crippling blow of coming collapse beware / accepting last April… all essays are free for all!
There aren't many doomers over here.
You'll find the one essay of yours on giving up on the world there too. Please forgive me for not contacting you, you took down your medium... I'll take it down if you want to. If you'd want to read it I'll post the link, might be a bit awkward as you can speak the German language and translating it back... well, you get then . I hope... 🫣🤗
A powerful and deeply personal account of the struggles one faces in the corporate world. The honesty about the toll it takes on mental health, as well as the societal pressure to conform and succeed, is palpable.
Great writing. I was quite enthralled. I'm glad you're in a better place. ♡
I'm 70, and have been in that race, and it won't be long when I'm in the heavenly place, where I'll be joyfully free in eternity, face to face...with my Creator 🙏
So relatable, I still don't quite see my way out. At least I got the liberty of working from home for a great company with great people, but I am just done with the 9 to 6 every day I just can't do it anymore and my anxiety is too much, I get tired of life.
I have been there, in the cube farm, low-rise cube walls stretching nearly a quarter mile. Stand up like a prairie dog, look all around almost like a bland version of the Matrix when Neo wakes up in the 'battery'. Hating nearly every minute of every day. Drowning dreams and hopes in booze. Taking the train for me, but not a car. Seeing the folks who gave up long ago, the lifeless souls accepting the drivel fed to them en masse. On the one hand, while that life is not for me and never was, I did work with a lot of folks who came from challenging environments (BAD places in Chicago) and were grateful for the stability and the way out of the rough neighborhoods, happy to do their job because it's better than the alternative for them. And there's space for that, sure. But everything else described is unnecessary reality for MILLIONS to a T, and I lived it. Thankfully, not there anymore. I lived in a high-rise for a while with a balcony, and I'd often stand outside on the balcony and stare down 20+ floors imagining what it would be like. F- the corporate world.
The maintenance tho, for sure. WTF. Gonna make our lives 'easier' but shit is so cheap it breaks down if you don't treat it like a museum artifact. Planned obsolescence. It's not OK, almost none of it is.
Read your article last nite, but did not have a login yet to comment.
In any event, this is a fine dissertation and unfortunately very accurate.
Recently, I share many of the same thoughts ... what's the point of working so much to accumulate so many material items that require attention (taxes, insurance upkeep/maintenance, etc), especially when one has little time to even enjoy them and the costs keep rising? Then when you do take time to enjoy, you are too tired upon return to work.
We are in the USA but recently looking at potential move to Mexico where the world seems a little less hectic and definitely less expensive
Preface my comment with "I really don't know", and then I will say that our purpose is simply to exist. Every life is a unique reflection back to the light of the creator, whatever that is. There is no point to existence and to believe so is absurd. We are all mere entertainment for the gods.
In that nothing we do really matters the best we can do is to find our own light, to illuminate the dark corners of existence. I filled my brief time here with light, love, and learning. After 64 years that still works for me. I feel fortunate to have embraced absurdity early in my life. It made my path so much more interesting.
There's a truth to Thoreau's frequently quoted sayings is "The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation." - but this calls for courage, a rebellion, an awakening to the systems that created such tragedies. It begins by pointing to what we all see, as this excellent post does.
PS: Thankfully, I'm in a better place now.
I was in that place last night. The burnout is rough and the lack of energy to pursue an alternative path is a constant. It’s helpful for me to observe it elsewhere and know its not just me and im not the only one that feels it’s all broken.
We are legion ♥️
I still am a big fan of your work, nice read again! This combination of dread and acceptance throughout the text feels very relatable, and I think for many people it is such a blessing to be able to read they’re not the only ones piercing through the depressing veil of what is modern capitalist society. Keep it up!❤️
Hey, Milan! Thank you so much for the kind words!
Somewhere out in the universe Mark Fisher's ghost is nodding soberly in agreement.
Dear Antonio, just wanted to drop by and thank you for your writings!
Your style is deeply inspiring. So, THANK YOU from the bottom of my soul!
*lots of hugs*
May I translate this essay to German?
Translating stuff helps me get a feel for the language again… and maybe I'll find my own style of writing someday and start finishing stuff I started. I'll backlink to your original for sure!
Hey Dennis, thank you so much for your kind words! (and for becoming a paid subscriber, much appreciated! 🥳)
Where do you intend to publish the translated essay? 😊
I've setup a ko-fi page where I collected and refinded all of my translations that helped me along the way, from the first crippling blow of coming collapse beware / accepting last April… all essays are free for all!
There aren't many doomers over here.
You'll find the one essay of yours on giving up on the world there too. Please forgive me for not contacting you, you took down your medium... I'll take it down if you want to. If you'd want to read it I'll post the link, might be a bit awkward as you can speak the German language and translating it back... well, you get then . I hope... 🫣🤗
Alright, good to know. Keep it up and feel free to translate all my articles, just link back to my originals. Cheers mate :)
Thanks and have an amazing week!
I've sent you the link to the old translation over on the site formerly known as Twitter.
🫣🤗
A powerful and deeply personal account of the struggles one faces in the corporate world. The honesty about the toll it takes on mental health, as well as the societal pressure to conform and succeed, is palpable.
Thank you!
Great writing. I was quite enthralled. I'm glad you're in a better place. ♡
I'm 70, and have been in that race, and it won't be long when I'm in the heavenly place, where I'll be joyfully free in eternity, face to face...with my Creator 🙏
So relatable, I still don't quite see my way out. At least I got the liberty of working from home for a great company with great people, but I am just done with the 9 to 6 every day I just can't do it anymore and my anxiety is too much, I get tired of life.
I have been there, in the cube farm, low-rise cube walls stretching nearly a quarter mile. Stand up like a prairie dog, look all around almost like a bland version of the Matrix when Neo wakes up in the 'battery'. Hating nearly every minute of every day. Drowning dreams and hopes in booze. Taking the train for me, but not a car. Seeing the folks who gave up long ago, the lifeless souls accepting the drivel fed to them en masse. On the one hand, while that life is not for me and never was, I did work with a lot of folks who came from challenging environments (BAD places in Chicago) and were grateful for the stability and the way out of the rough neighborhoods, happy to do their job because it's better than the alternative for them. And there's space for that, sure. But everything else described is unnecessary reality for MILLIONS to a T, and I lived it. Thankfully, not there anymore. I lived in a high-rise for a while with a balcony, and I'd often stand outside on the balcony and stare down 20+ floors imagining what it would be like. F- the corporate world.
The maintenance tho, for sure. WTF. Gonna make our lives 'easier' but shit is so cheap it breaks down if you don't treat it like a museum artifact. Planned obsolescence. It's not OK, almost none of it is.
Read your article last nite, but did not have a login yet to comment.
In any event, this is a fine dissertation and unfortunately very accurate.
Recently, I share many of the same thoughts ... what's the point of working so much to accumulate so many material items that require attention (taxes, insurance upkeep/maintenance, etc), especially when one has little time to even enjoy them and the costs keep rising? Then when you do take time to enjoy, you are too tired upon return to work.
We are in the USA but recently looking at potential move to Mexico where the world seems a little less hectic and definitely less expensive
Preface my comment with "I really don't know", and then I will say that our purpose is simply to exist. Every life is a unique reflection back to the light of the creator, whatever that is. There is no point to existence and to believe so is absurd. We are all mere entertainment for the gods.
In that nothing we do really matters the best we can do is to find our own light, to illuminate the dark corners of existence. I filled my brief time here with light, love, and learning. After 64 years that still works for me. I feel fortunate to have embraced absurdity early in my life. It made my path so much more interesting.
I enjoy your writing. It stimulates thought.
Thank you.
There's a truth to Thoreau's frequently quoted sayings is "The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation." - but this calls for courage, a rebellion, an awakening to the systems that created such tragedies. It begins by pointing to what we all see, as this excellent post does.
“Living consciously does not necessarily make anything better.” No it does not. =)