• brbposting@sh.itjust.works
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    5 months ago

    It’s easy! Just take 100% of your free time and throw it away on a far-off dream so you’re completely exhausted. Go into debt trying to get a fancy degree to maybe increase your earning potential.

    More seriously, if you feel you’re in the same position:
    If you’re privileged enough and have the willpower, you might be able to find a happier work environment (though it requires sacrificing your already meager free time by searching for jobs constantly for 6-12 months or more). I know folks for whom that’s paid off - very impressed with them. May also be some online courses or community colleges around that could open doors.

    If your situation is impossible, I’m sorry. I feel for you.

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      5 months ago

      Fucking pathetic. I hope you don’t actually feel this way, mindset is literally the biggest obstacle.

      • brbposting@sh.itjust.works
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        5 months ago

        Feel what way?

        I am privileged and happy. I do believe folks who are not happy should consider investing their time understanding other potential available opportunities including work, training, and higher education.

        Obviously a, say, severely disabled person whose paycheck is captured by their abusive partner cannot apply my advice, so in that nearly impossible situation I sympathize.

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        5 months ago

        Seeing reality for what it is and not giving up is the opposite of pathetic. Pathetic is assuming someone who sees life that way is going to be overcome by their mindset. Denial isn’t necessary to function.