Does anyone else feel this? I myself can definitely find appreciation in simple nature, walking outside, etc. But when I do almost anything I find myself thinking "I'm going to have to work tomorrow" and this always greatly hampers my enjoyment and appreciation of the world around me. Maybe its a mental problem I have; but knowing that I will have to go to work in some hours time and wake up for it, almost makes it impossible to TRULY enjoy something. Sometimes I wish I could just lie in a beautiful meadow and take it all in, but my mind will always thinking of work in the near future.
The structure of modern life makes it almost impossible to enjoy life
Jaxon Taylor
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Samuel Perez
I think alot of it has to do with the restrictions imposed on being social in your working environment. Before work could be done while talking amongst your fellow workers but at the same time you werent forced to talk or be social either which is on the opposite end of the spectrum in the modern working world. Both hyper and hypo sociality for at least 8 hours a day for most of your week makes it hard to turn it off and function properly when out of work.
I agree with your sentiment entirely. I remember walking to school and enjoying the morning, and then the rush of the day wasnt so bad either. As soon as I started working full time I felt drained even in my free time. Theres a constant time constraint hovering over everything you do and you cant even do it the way you want, theres no time to simply be.
Carter Ross
Our brains are still very much tailored to the hunter-gatherer lifestyle where we spend 4 hours getting food and have the rest of the day to kick back, socialise and spend on hobbies. The first few chapters of 'sapiens' are a nice, easy to read reasoning of why you feel the way that you do.
Nicholas Green
>when I do almost anything I find myself thinking "I'm going to have to work tomorrow"
This is why it felt like "grown ups" were pissed off all the time when we were kids.
This joy stealing thought of a task with no obvious end that we can't ever stop doing.
No satisfaction, just an endless string of duties that makes money for someone somewhere.
If we could just have Little House on the Prairie except with modern medicine and wifi I'd be fine with living like that.
Carter Gonzalez
We're trapped in this shithole civilization forever lmao
Thomas Kelly
I always want to go outside but it's just niggers and buildings so I hide in my room.
Jonathan Edwards
What job do you work? I would kill for a job right now. The inactivity is getting to me and I really need money. I wish I lived somewhere that was by nice nature, but I don't. If I walk out my front door it's niggers and buildings.
Landon Baker
try being NEET for a change
Christian Jenkins
i honestly believe the only people who can tolerate modern life are simply just psychopaths.
Christian Bell
>This is why it felt like "grown ups" were pissed off all the time when we were kids.
It doesn't matter how cheesy it's, but doing a job that you truly enjoy helps a lot.