Groundhog Day's

Karioshi
Community Member

Hello there, my name is Steven, im a male in his mid twenties & i need to speak about something thats been lingering on my mind for the past few years, I already tried explaining this to family/friends, all I get is the starry eyed response.

 

How does the majority do the same thing everyday like its nothing, you gotta drag yourself out of bed every morning just to go to a place you never Intentionly wanted to just to trade your time for a piece of paper with people printed on there who i have no clue nor interest of.

 

You have to face impatient people on the road, hot heads, traffic accidents, traffic, wannabe mad max actors, then when you get to the workplace, you're forced to work like a robot with people who you dont even get along with like putting up with unessesary stress & criticism even just by being at you job, then you get scolded by bosses who hardly praise you for doing a good job but shame you for not trying harder when you just wanna get the work done & go home with no drama's etc.

 

Here's the kicker tho, despite how much you dont like it, you have to do it anyways, not because you want to but because thats how the system's design according to meritocracy terms, after years of evolution right up into the so called modern era, you think by now things would start to get easier for everybody, instead they just get more harder & harder with no praises but belittledness by bosses, coworkers, family, all becuase you think things could be better & not wanna be part of the rat race.

 

Now I do recieve a side income, its not something I can live on permanently due to how crazily impulsively expensive everthing continues to be, but on the side I job hop alot, & with this privilege I came to know alot just how disturbing & shallow the workforce is today, most people have a really nasty bogus attitude, they value their ego than looking at facts, everybodys always putting up a font all the time, theres a certain amount of workplace politics that youre forced to deal with, you get treated indifferently all becuase you wanna get the job done & not engage in vauge small talk conversations, youre forced to play a rigged game that you didn't sign up for just to impress others who you dont even like, you always have to deal with the feeling of getting laid off or how am I gonna pay my rent & bills etc, if behind theirs minds are saying that they dont like this & this isnt right, then why keep on perpetuating this foolish cycle, the truth is it can be better, tho it seems everybody wants to keep things the same forever, like how is this even possible?

 

Its no wonder people get depressed, anxious, miserable, ptsd, ocd, bipolar, borderline personality disorder, arthritis, insomnia, anhedonia, easily irratated, anger issues, then they seek help only to be put on anti depression tablets, therapy, psychologists, psychiatrists, mental institutions etc, like do not see where im coming here.

 

Then you have destructive substances that exist like alcohol, smoking, pornorgraphy, gambling addictions, if these things did not exist just imagine how even more crazy the world would be.

 

We are all working ourselves to death over what a pipedream that most likely will never become a reality because of how greedy & self centred this species has become, only to exist for the top 1% who are machiavellian's, narcissistic & manipulators to their own citizens who actually put their trust into because who else are they gonna trust?

 

While growing up ive always been told to be grateful being given life, its easy enough to say so, but what is there to be really grateful for, a life where im forced to participate in foolish schemes, to give my time that i wont get back to corporations who see me as a number & a tool, to realise everything i gained start to fade away as time goes on, to be part of a mediocre society thats passive aggressive, suppressive & pretentious, seriously if i knew things were gonna be like this before stepping foot into this realm with a choice then I'd choose not to be here, sure life gives but mostly takes, you age, you start loosing loved ones, you become obsolete from your job, it doesnt care about you, which is why its very hard to find a real good reason to bring someone here just so they can go thru the same things that youre going thru, sure misery loves company but also happiness doesnt loves misery, its a vicious cycle.

 

Anyways thats all I have for now, thanks for reading.

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ADB
Community Member

Sounds like you’re not happy in your workplace and you’ve done a bit of job hopping, is time for a more aligned career? 

Karioshi
Community Member

Did you not read the post thoroughly?

Sunday64
Community Member

Maybe you should go do something that helps other people.  That could be more meaningful and satisfying.

Guest_38865745
Community Member

Hey Steven, came across you post, I understand what you’re saying I feel I think the same way, it can be very isolating, when I was your age I was still being sidetracked partying….

its hard to form close relationships when you know you think differently and your the only one…. 

the need and want for MORE MORE MORE is outta control, we are all just a cog wheel turning in society…… are we living a sort of pyramid scheme….

 

string_cheese
Community Member

Hey Steven. Thanks for making the post. I'm a female, also mid 20s. I have a good work ethic and have been working since I was like 14. Just saying I've shared many of those thoughts in the last couple years. It feels heavy. I constantly lose motivation and interest in my career, and don't see much of a future world or society that aligns with my values. I was also raised to be grateful and I am but I can remember thinking in just the last couple weeks - "if everything goes away in the end, what's the point?". 

 

At the same time - I have a deep belief that there is always hope and joy in every single situation. Can't control the economy, the world, other people, or even how we feel sometimes. We do get to choose some things though. Our attitude, what jobs we do, our boundaries and values. Heaps of positivity to be found in those things. 

 

I know you said you have had these thoughts for a couple years. I'm glad you've got to express them. Just remember thoughts are not facts. 

 

All the best, good things will come 

Doors24
Community Member

Dear Karioshi,

 

Thank you for your very real and honest post.

I think you are valid to have these thoughts, as many people do (myself included), but feel that they can’t be expressed. Or if they have, the blank stares back.

 I have felt the same for years. Exploring life is hard. It isn’t easily fixed. Spinning positivity on everything doesn’t change everyone’s situations. It is Groundhog Day. 

I have often thought if I knew what I did now, given the choice, would I choose to be born. We are never offered that choice to begin with.

 

I won’t offer you any solutions I don’t believe in myself. Just that you aren’t the only one who feels your post. I have heard you.

 

Doors24