Having a career feels terrible and meaningless

[Caillou]

I'm 21 and i truly hate the corporate world. I hate all this "professionalism" horseshit and how much it matters despite it being completely pointless and obviously fake, i hate having a greedy *** boss telling me what to do for their own benefit, i hate having to work a job that feels colorless and bland and somehow makes me feel like i'm not doing any meaningful sh*t no matter how hard i work, i hate working per a schedule like i'm going to elementary school, i hate being surrounded by people that i utterly dislike.

I just hate sitting in a motherfucking office and working my *** off everyday even if it pays well because it's mentally torturous

I think after i graduate i will try to get into carpentry and become a carpenter. My family will be pissed. But i won't spend the rest of my life feeling like sh*t and loathing everyday because i have to work in an office

 

[BurningCoals]

Tbh most jobs are pure crap. Especially full time is a fcking joke. Gets even more depressing if you look how stagnant wages have been these last decades...

80% Hate Their Jobs​

80% Hate Their Jobs -- But Should You Choose A Passion Or A Paycheck?

www.businessinsider.com

«Work gives your life purpose and fullfillment bro»

 

[Regan]

A man can always find meaning in other areas of his life, like hobbies, family, or World of Warcraft. Or Hairlosstalk, of course.

 

[Catagen]

I'm 21 and i truly hate the corporate world. I hate all this "professionalism" horseshit and how much it matters despite it being completely pointless and obviously fake, i hate having a greedy *** boss telling me what to do for their own benefit, i hate having to work a job that feels colorless and bland and somehow makes me feel like i'm not doing any meaningful sh*t no matter how hard i work, i hate working per a schedule like i'm going to elementary school, i hate being surrounded by people that i utterly dislike.

I just hate sitting in a motherfucking office and working my *** off everyday even if it pays well because it's mentally torturous

I think after i graduate i will try to get into carpentry and become a carpenter. My family will be pissed. But i won't spend the rest of my life feeling like sh*t and loathing everyday because i have to work in an office

What field, finance?

 

[I wont lose this]

Hey man, I also want to be a carpenter someday. But first I have to graduate, and I hate my degree. At least you have a job! I'm still searching for one, but it seems that each one of them I try want people who are ultrahyperextroverted

 

[debyne]

I suppose I'm one of the few that likes his job and I make a sh*t-ton of money. I also have a hot executive assistant who polishes my ole torpedo on the regular.

 

[vondoom]

i am trying hard to get into an office and leave craft alltogether^^

think twice before you leave a comfortable job, especially if you want to take one where you have to deal with customers... worst sh*t ever^^

 

[DoctorHouse]

I'm 21 and i truly hate the corporate world. I hate all this "professionalism" horseshit and how much it matters despite it being completely pointless and obviously fake, i hate having a greedy *** boss telling me what to do for their own benefit, i hate having to work a job that feels colorless and bland and somehow makes me feel like i'm not doing any meaningful sh*t no matter how hard i work, i hate working per a schedule like i'm going to elementary school, i hate being surrounded by people that i utterly dislike.

I just hate sitting in a motherfucking office and working my *** off everyday even if it pays well because it's mentally torturous

I think after i graduate i will try to get into carpentry and become a carpenter. My family will be pissed. But i won't spend the rest of my life feeling like sh*t and loathing everyday because i have to work in an office

For some reason, I think you would actually be happy in the medical field and you definitely have the intelligence to do it. I would hate accounting. As a matter of fact, that was the only class I dropped in college.

 

[Micky_007]

Just some advice, most people hate their jobs, but everyone needs money to live the life the want. Everything costs money in life and if you want to be eating good and living good, you're going to need to put in the work to get an atleast average to above average job.

That's where comfort is your enemy. It's not all about what you like to do. In fact, the majority of people who only do what they like to do are often the Lower paid individuals who also have a lower quality life.

You always want to be making enough money to be financially free to live your best life. Unless you're really skilled or have some great business idea to be an entrepreneur (which often requires capital to start), most people will need to climb up the corporate ladder.

There are ways to get out out the corporate system faster but that most often will still require you taking sh*t from your boss in corporate for a few years until you save up enough and make enough from your side hustle, by learning skills like smart investing, trading in the financial markets, cryptocurrency, etc.

Simple example as to why you need a good paying job or stream of income is because besides the super importance of eating a healthy organic diet, people able to afford high quality supplements, gym, holidays, clothes, entertainment, health insurance, etc you would also need a substantial amount of money for a high quality hair treatment plan.

There's a lot of treatments for Hairloss in the pipeline and I'm pretty sure none of them are going to be as low cost as Rogaine (which to many, Rogaine is expensive itself).

If not anything else, think about these possible great treatments coming out and you not being able to afford it because you chose the comfortable life that does not give you the luxury to comfortably afford the best for your hair.

Also, having money is important for your social life, your family, and your own mental and physical health.

In life you gotta bite the bullet a lot of the time and just grind it out till you make it out the system. It sucks but that's just how life is.

 

[disfiguredyoungman]

Post industrial mass society sucked the fun out of most occupations. My grand granpa was a forester. His job consisted of stalking through the woods, checking on the trees and shooting deer.
Nowadays being a forester is 70% office job and 30% being an overqualified lumberman. Many other jobs are even worse and its hard to accumulate wealth and financial independence as an employee with worthless fiat money. Capitalism looks more and more like a pyramid scheme these days.

You can a) create your own business (much harder and riskier to pull of than many people make it sound and you will work more for less money and higher risk during the initial days) b) conceptualize an early retirement plan: That would include buying some kind of property, somewhere in the world and living with minimal fixed costs by being semi self-sufficient. You need quite a bit of well invested starting capital for that and you'll need to aquire dozens of skilss for your self-sufficiency depending on your location and type of property.I.e. how to operate and repair bio gas generators, aquire food on and off your property, carpentry etc. etc.

These are your options. Many people just don't hate their job enough to take the risk and put in the effort to pursue either one of them.

 

[corkmeister]

I despise working in an office, although I'm satisfied with my job relatively speaking. I can afford to work part time which is an absolute godsend

Marx was on the money with his theory on alienation tbh

 

[Netsky]

I feel fairly lucky. I'm in an OK paid job which I genuinely like. Getting up for work in the morning is no big deal. I can go for promotion but its a lot of sh*t and you only really reap the rewards when you retire.

I look at other jobs online when I feel like the grass is on the other side but 90% of jobs I see look utterly horrific even if they're better paid.

I chip away at my mortage each month to improve my lot. With each year that passes I spend so much less time socialising so might as well save it for the future when I have more time on my hands to actually socialise. Plus a pint of beer in London is nearly £7 now.

 

[doubleindemnity]

Money is necessary to life and life itself feels terrible and meaningless with hair loss. The only way out is not to get a career that fulfils you but to treat the hair loss so that your value system is better. Most people's careers are just there to provide them money, not to give them passion and excitement. Sure, some people are super satisfied by the work that they do but this is mostly the Michael Jordans and Elon Musks of the world whose career is everything to them and something at which they excel. I think that, with hair restoration, you'd see how a career fits into your life as a whole. It might not be a major part. Maybe you'll see that asking for something meaningful is asking too much of a career and that this can instead be done through your other experiences in life (which will likely need hair).

 

[DoctorHouse]

I get asked many times if I like what I am doing. My answer is always it depends on the person I am helping. If they are disrespectful, unappreciative and rude, I don't enjoy my job. But if they are respectful, appreciative and nice, I love what I do. So it all depends on who you are servicing and how they respond to you. Most of the time, if people treat you badly it's because they are unhappy with themselves or having a bad day. Most people who are in severe pain can be a pain in the *** ironically. @Cailou, there is nothing more satisfying when you are responsible for saving a life and they actually are appreciative of it.

 

[disfiguredyoungman]

I get asked many times if I like what I am doing. My answer is always it depends on the person I am helping. If they are disrespectful, unappreciative and rude, I don't enjoy my job. But if they are respectful, appreciative and nice, I love what I do. So it all depends on who you are servicing and how they respond to you. Most of the time, if people treat you badly it's because they are unhappy with themselves or having a bad day. Most people who are in severe pain can be a pain in the *** ironically. @Cailou, there is nothing more satisfying when you are responsible for saving a life and they actually are appreciative of it.

Are you a sex worker?

 

[DoctorHouse]

Are you a sex worker?

I think this song will answer your question.

 

[disfiguredyoungman]

Third option is becoming more minimalist.

I believe the best option is getting a part time job, time > money imo.

Depends on your priorities. It would be difficult for many people to financially support themselves, let alone have a family. You won't build up wealth and be vulnerable to economical disruptions or poverty in your old age.

 

[Regan]

Also, to people who find their jobs meaningless, it's always possible to donate money to causes/foundations/charities that work on things that you actually care about.
That could easily accomplish more "good", relative to your values, than working on those things directly.

 

[disfiguredyoungman]

Yes you'll have to compromise. But even if you have a full time job, you will never be rich but just have enough to support your family. Question you want to ask is do you even want to put kids in this world if you can hardly give them anything, because that's the brutal reality for most people with full time jobs, they hardly have anything too at the end of the road. You will doom your kids into the ratrace and produce the next wageslaves...

I would argue the quality of life for a part timer is vastly superior to someone working full time also remember 80%+ hate their jobs.

Sounds like you got filtered evolutionarily by the Zeitgeist. Being rich is not the goal, the goal is to amass enough capital to get out in some way. Maybe even emigrate physically if you have to. If you spend your life working half-time, living hand in mouth, you'll be absolutely unflexible and powerless when sh*t goes down, which it inevitably will.
At the time you are 70 you are probably more than the proverbial slave, the way our economies and cultures are going.
Learning to live minimalist is a great idea, but not if you are dependent on the whims of rich people by renting everything and not owning anything. In a declining nation you'll inevitably reach the point where you can't lower your standards anymore physically and mentally.

 

[Oknow]

For some reason, I think you would actually be happy in the medical field and you definitely have the intelligence to do it. I would hate accounting. As a matter of fact, that was the only class I dropped in college.

accountants seem to boring as f***