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Originally Posted by migillicuty
I'm a 31 year old male and I am dealing with what I am thinking is some kind of mental disorder. It must be a mental disorder! Or am I the only one who seems to see it? In my entire life I have never held down a full time 40 hour/week job longer than 3 months. For some reason I just feel like I'm in some sort of prison converting my entire days life into labor hours. I feel like society has been completely fooled into accepting this typical way of living as, "the grown up and responsible thing to do." I consider myself a financially responsible person and a hard worker. I can handle doing a part time job followed by my own at home Etsy and Ebay business selling things I make. I did this for a year successfully but ended up deciding my official part time job wasn't paying enough and I needed to get a full time job with benefits. So I got a full time job that actually used my bachelors degree making artificial heart valves. On my first day of work my body had some sort of anxiety attack and I passed out right in front of my boss on to a ladies desk. On day 3 I quit. It was a living hell! My wife is 31 years old too and we still have no kids (married 6 years.) I feel like I'm the biggest loser in the world. I hate this feeling of being owned by an employer that pays me a tiny portion out of what I generate for the company. I hate how society has created all sorts of insurances that people "have to have" which only means more employment slavery. (especially with health insurance now. If you exist you have to pay) I wish so bad somehow I could work a part time morning shift and come home to my wife and kids that I get to spend the rest of the day with and the money I made was good enough to sustain our little family and home. It blows me away that there is such a thing now as "day care benefits." To think that society is so demanding that ow others have to be taken from the home and need day care benefits so someone else can raise her children! Life is just too much for me right now. Its reaching the point of pointless! We all just convert our lives into labor hours so we can fund the lifestyle of converting our lives into labor hours. The never ending pointless lifestyle of slavery to money. PLEASE SOMEONE TELL ME THEY SEE IT LIKE THIS TOO! PLEASE TALK TO ME!
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Hi,
I feel sorry for you. It is a fact of life that we have to earn a living! It has never been any different. It's easier for people with talent and good business sense to get on. For those of us without, we have to make the best of the opportunities. Think of all those who can't find a job, either because there are no jobs or they are not qualified or are disabled to do one.
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I got a full time job that actually used my bachelors degree making artificial heart valves. On my first day of work my body had some sort of anxiety attack and I passed out right in front of my boss on to a ladies desk
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There is also the attitude! If I were you, I would have thought I was helping people to live, therfore I'm doing a useful job while I'm getting paid for it.
So you want a family? Childrean need a safe home environment, love and and sacrifice. Like your own parents did for you.
It is true that in this capitalist age some people are exploited, however many people enjoy doing a regular job and glad to help others, their community and their country to prosper.
Apart from the above, the 40 hour week still leaves you 8 hours sleep, 8 hours leisure time and two full days to do what you really enjoy doing. Ah and money to spend on some luxuries! And if you're lucky a peaceful carefree retirement!