I appreciate all of this and will take forward pieces to consider for my own life, especially related to ads. Investing time into what I want has always been important to me even when I felt weird or guilty about it.
Last year, I got the first high-paying job of my life. I grew up with the labels of “smart” and “potential,” and I had felt like I wasn’t living up to it before this job. But now that I got here? Having this amount of money definitely reduces stress, but I’ve also spent a lot of time pulling the final dregs of my identity from having a high-paying job. Plenty of people who make less than I do have jobs that are actually important. People need stocked grocery shelves waaaaay more than I what I do. The system is so fucked up.
My other sense of relief is “my life is enough, my paycheck is more than enough.” I don’t want more and more and more. Capitalism is so fucked up, and I know I have more work to do. But I can also tell it hasn’t taken me over entirely.
I appreciate all of this and will take forward pieces to consider for my own life, especially related to ads. Investing time into what I want has always been important to me even when I felt weird or guilty about it.
Last year, I got the first high-paying job of my life. I grew up with the labels of “smart” and “potential,” and I had felt like I wasn’t living up to it before this job. But now that I got here? Having this amount of money definitely reduces stress, but I’ve also spent a lot of time pulling the final dregs of my identity from having a high-paying job. Plenty of people who make less than I do have jobs that are actually important. People need stocked grocery shelves waaaaay more than I what I do. The system is so fucked up.
My other sense of relief is “my life is enough, my paycheck is more than enough.” I don’t want more and more and more. Capitalism is so fucked up, and I know I have more work to do. But I can also tell it hasn’t taken me over entirely.