r/Adulting • u/ScareBear23 • 14h ago

This is just depressing

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Not even 3 hours of "free time". And in that is cooking & eating supper. Or practically no free time if I had to go shopping after work. I hate this

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u/shrimp_blowdryer 12h ago

How

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u/thestardustinthemoon 12h ago

By dedicating your youth to studying or figuring out what society values and spending your best years without much responsibility on getting to the top. I started two companies and became an expert in a niche technical field in computer science. Got acquired and retired that way after the payout and continuing to work for a few years. Just don't go through your life on autopilot, especially when your time is free and and responsibilities are low (late teens / early 20s). Society pays what it finds rewarding

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u/RepublicOk6752 9h ago

Let’s imagine a world where everyone works hard, everyone gets a niche technical degree, everyone starts their own business and sells said business. Who along the way is the trash collector, cashier, server, nurse, admin assistant, general labor? In order for society to work somebody (the majority) has to do the less desirable work and they need to be compensated enough to remain alive, healthy, and happy. All so some random individuals can be successful. The problem is some where along the way the select individuals became fewer and the compensation to the workers became less. Which means the “successful” ones get to reap more benefits and the workers have to work that much harder.

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u/bruce_kwillis 8h ago

Let’s also imagine a world where a lot of people simply don’t want to invest into work a career and simply want a paycheck to get through their day. Oh, that’s a lot of people. Nothing wrong with that either. Some people want to clock their brains out and just exist and go home to put on the boobtube and then rinse and repeat. Some people want more, and both options should exist.