re: Are we slaves to money our whole lives....then we die?

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Not everyone, but most are like myself and I hate it.

When things get bad, I always talk of doing something that I enjoy/less stressful, but makes less money. I never end up doing it, because it always comes back to not being able to support the family.

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I don't have a family to support but I really don't like my job. I just wish it felt like I was doing something substantial, but with the way my work is, it's like there is always work to do and it'll always be there, I just have to manage the day. It feels like shoveling shite sometimes and every day a new load of shite is dropped off. I manage a team of shovelers, and then we go home until the next day when the shite arrives again.

I think A LOT of it is my attitude and I try to actively work on being thankful for the fact that shite arrives every day for us to shovel and that the day the shite stops arriving is a day to fear, not the day the shite arrives or the size of the pile. I pray to have a positive attitude about it and that I've been able to work though Covid and work remotely through all of it. I'm paid fairly, but of course I always think it should be more.

Just tired of this shovel. Tired of the shite that keeps arriving. Tired of this company that's hired me to shovel shite. I didn't plan on being a shite shoveler, but shite happens and it's all about attitude, right?

Well, I have to log on and see how much shite arrived today and I hear the trucks backing up to drop off more.

Have to figure out where I put down my shovel at 6:00 Friday.

Have a good day, OT.

You live to serve this ship. Row well and live.

Yes

Well people use to be slave to the weather, wild animals, heathens, and common colds.

Good stuff. Never knew that level of detail about it.

You don't have a job?

We have become conditioned to spend money so I would say yes.

There are things the masses simply do not do anymore because it is much easier to spend money to have it done; as a result we are more dependent on these products and services because people do not need to learn how to do things that if they knew how to do, would save them a lot more money.

Houses for example. How many people build their own house these days? I know my grandpa built their house after returning from WWII. A lot of people from that generation built their own homes.

But then in the 50s subdivisions popped up, houses were built and people were able to just buy a home already built. Then they needed to buy a vehicle because they were not close enough to their job to walk there or use public transportation.

Think about things in your home, that everyone buys when getting a new home that you don't NEED. Do you NEED a microwave? Do you NEED a TV? These are products that we are conditioned to buy.

How much money do you REALLY need? So yes.. I would say there is an argument that can be made.

You’re talking about those paper thin houses constructed in 4 days?

Without children or other dependents, you are relatively free to live as you choose. But once you have children, you are forever yoked to your millstone. The pressure to provide the best opportunities possible for your little ones is overwhelming and inescapable.