pennywhether.xyz/articles/hustle-porn.gmi We become slaves to our jobs, sacrificing existing relationships and not investing time in people. In the end sacrificing everything for work does not pay off.
3 years ago 路 馃憤 calgacus, kevinsan, martin, lykso, prk, ser
Funny, I was just reading an article posted in Harvard Business Review in 2018 about this: https://hbr.org/2018/02/if-youre-so-successful-why-are-you-still-working-70-hours-a-week 路 3 years ago
https://hbr.org/2018/02/if-youre-so-successful-why-are-you-still-working-70-hours-a-week
@lykso Yup, it's been interesting to watch variou people during the lockdown. There is a large portion of people who .... do absolutely nothing and get completely bored.
A couple months forced time off work? Heck yeah! I've got things to do! 路 3 years ago
@sdfgeoff What's worse: by becoming so monomaniacal, these people essentially institutionalize themselves such that they have no notion of what to do with themselves if they ever reach the point where they don't have to work for a paycheck anymore. (I.e., retirement.) 路 3 years ago
I am European but I live in the US in one of those cities with a vibrant multicultural melting pot...
What I noticed about gringos, immigrants and their second/third generations is the majority of the people speak only about three things: work, restaurants & travels (in my case 98% cruises).
Since in the US there are only DEM & GOP speaking about politics is just a kind of breathing exercise.
This workaholic attitude is IMHO lack of general culture, that leads to a lack of interests. I think there is a plan behind, I notice how history and geography are brutalized in our children school.
Eventually if your only knowledge and interest is exclusively related with your job you end up to be focused only on this track, and the only thing you care is just your salary, hence you will feel happy if adequately compensated or frustrated if underpaid. 路 3 years ago
In my first year of uni I did the "right thing" - dedicated myself entirely to learning. At the end of the year I reviewed an d saw the futility of it. From that point on I decided "work is not the focus of my life." Sure, I'll work hard. I do the normal "9-5 daily grind", but I also make sure I do things other than work - dance, read, mess around with linux.
A book I read recently suggested that >50% of people consider their job as completely pointless - they do it for the money it earns them but if no-one did that job the world would not be a worse place. 路 3 years ago
Good post. What's engrained in their mind is wealth and the lifestyle they perceive goes with it (freedom). What they don't realise is that the kind of wealth they envision isn't attainable through the approach they're taking. The differences between a 3, 5, and 7 series BMW is really just gadgets and ease of parking, and none come with the kind of freedoms they imagine. On the other hand, I know people who's interests and work genuinely align, and it has coincidentally made them wealthy. They'd have done their thing regardless. 路 3 years ago
There is a sort of peace to be found in dedicating yourself to work, that's hardly new. Ora et Labora and all that. But I do think these "hustlers" sorely lack some sort of direction. Productivity flexing becomes an end in itself, and that rings pretty hollow. 路 3 years ago
Hustle mindset is the natural endpoint of work under late capitalism, as we colonise ever our own minds with the thoughts of our rulers. As long as life worth is equated with money and "careerism," as long as capital rules the roost, this is fated to continue. 路 3 years ago
Good article. I definitely feel that, at least as far as online bragging about work goes. 路 3 years ago