I hate this 9 to 5 life

[Super Ramon]

Waking up doing the same shyt everyday around the same corny cacs. Feels like I'm in the Twilight Zone

 

[ℒℴѵℯJay ELECTUA]

Except the Twilight zone has a twist.

 

[deeman]

shyt really hits u when everyone is sitting in traffic at the same time. It’s like damn is this life. We really are in a simulation.

 

[The Coochie Assassin]

Some these c00ns enjoy the routine their social conditioning is 100% complete.

 

[The Coochie Assassin]

shyt really hits u when everyone is sitting in traffic at the same time. It’s like damn is this life. We really are in a simulation.

shyt is like a damn video game. Everyday going down the same streets in the same traffic in the same car in the same type of outfit

 

[Complexion]

You know why its 9 - 5? Because like mileage on a hoe the pimps figured out long ago that 9 - 6 may just kill a bytch!

Thats the capitalist manifesto as laid out by Iceberg Slim:



Everyones getting pimped, most won't allow themselves to realize it. Shoutout to Dave!

 

[futureDevelopment]

Waking up doing the same shyt everyday around the same corny cacs. Feels like I'm in the Twilight Zone

If their "corniness" is all you have to worry about, you have it good.

In my experience, there's inevitably an old, fat, white graybeard who can't stand that you exceed him in any personal quality he covets, so here comes the "microaggressions" and games to humiliate you and isolate you among your coworkers should you push back.

It's happened to me enough times that I wonder wtf other black men must go through, yet I honestly don't hear many black men talk about similar experiences online or off.

I sometimes wonder what most black men are talking about when they gripe about "racism", because so many seem so comfortable snuggled up under white men in the workplace.

...In my experience, white men in the workplace seem to be reliably on the "envious bully" tip. ...And I've seen other black men (particularly young black men) find themselves targeted by this bullshyt too.

...So please VOTE IN the circumstances that will make it easier for you go independent if need be.

You might never make the plunge, but your sons really need that option.

Bernie Sanders wants us to have universal health care (just like most other modern industrial nations).

Universal health care (aka "single-payer" aka "Medicare for All") will mean one less huge expense you'll have to struggle with should you decide one day to go independent. You and your children should not have to depend on envious devils in the workplace for something as critical as healthcare.

Sanders also wants you to have free higher education, which will help you update your skills should you need to flee some devil who wants to make things hard for you just because you're a young black man, or should your skills simply become outdated.

... Otoh, maybe your experiences are not like mine. Most black men seem perfectly comfortable working with white men as bosses, or even white women, or even gay white men.

I've had all three kinds of bosses, so you can see where my politics come from.

...Not to mention the coworkers who KNOW that the corporate environment is not inclined to be fair to a young black man who ain't having it and fights back.

If you want to be free, you have to make moves to be free -- big and small. If "9 to 5" is fukking with you, and you know it's not good for your mental, physical and spiritual health, vote for policies that will give you options, like universal health care and free higher education.

Sorry to write a fukkin book, but this is relevant to the issue. Thanks for reading.

 

[xzenothunder]

I've seen this exact same thread on Reddit, here and just recently my friend texted me saying work is real life wack.

The universe is telling me something.

Your spirit is currently in limbo my friend, The lifestyle we currently lead is incongruous to nature and for that reason we are miserable. Despite being in the safest most productive time in human history we are depressed, searching for meaning.

Only thing i can say is find a way to challenge yourself mentally and physically, Most work we do now is menial due to productivity being up across the board

 

[Knowledge]

Your Lifestyle Has Already Been Designed

 

[letti cook]

life really feeling like purgatory lately

 

[fkthisgaysite]

You know why its 9 - 5?

I know it has sum to do wit there being 60 seconds in a minute, 60 minutes to an hour and 24 hours a day = 6.

 

[TinFoilSnapBack]

shyt really hits u when everyone is sitting in traffic at the same time. It’s like damn is this life. We really are in a simulation.

Yup. Just cogs in a wheel, parts of a machine, or cells in an organism. Rush hour happens every weekday like clockwork. Sitting in it, or seeing it from a distance, reminds me of just how programmed this reality is.

I've seen this exact same thread on Reddit, here and just recently my friend texted me saying work is real life wack.

The universe is telling me something.

Your spirit is currently in limbo my friend, The lifestyle we currently lead is incongruous to nature and for that reason we are miserable. Despite being in the safest most productive time in human history we are depressed, searching for meaning.

Only thing i can say is find a way to challenge yourself mentally and physically, Most work we do now is menial due to productivity being up across the board

I feel you, breh. The universe has been giving me the same message for over a year now. We are all one collective consciousness, so I know that more and more people are starting to receive the same message: GET OUT. I'm taking a leave from my job for a year. Everyone's asking me, "what are you going to do?" The honest answer is that I don't fully know, but I have some bread saved up, and some other endeavors I want to pursue.

 

[str8up]

Join the wave breh, we not with that 9-5 shyt anymore.

Check out the antiwork subreddit. And don't have kids.

Here's an interesting article too, it's alright to do nothing, society has you pressured into feeling guilty about not being "productive" (aka making money for someone else), and tries to define you by your job or how much you work.

Anyone who tries to shyt on you for this line of linking is just projecting their own miserable thoughts that they don't want to accept.

The Case for Doing Nothing
Stop being so busy, and just do nothing. Trust us.

By Olga Mecking
April 29, 2019

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Keeping busy?

Running from place to place and laboring over long to-do lists have increasingly become ways to communicate status: I’m so busy because I’m just so important, the thinking goes.

Perhaps it’s time to stop all this busyness. Being busy — if we even are busy — is rarely the status indicator we’ve come to believe it is. Nonetheless, the impact is real, and instances of burnout, anxiety disorders and stress-related diseases are on the rise, not to mention millennial burnout.

There’s a way out of that madness, and it’s not more mindfulness, exercise or a healthy diet (though these things are all still important). What we’re talking about is … doing nothing. Or, as the Dutch call it, niksen.

What is niksen?
It’s difficult to define what doing nothing is, because we are always doing something, even when we’re asleep.

Doreen Dodgen-Magee, a psychologist who studies boredom and wrote the book “Deviced! Balancing Life and Technology in a Digital World,” likens niksen to a car whose engine is running but isn’t going anywhere.

“The way I think about boredom is coming to a moment with no plan other than just to be,” she said.

Sandi Mann, a psychologist at the University of Central Lancashire in Britain, added that niksen can be “when we’re not doing the things we should be doing. Because perhaps we don’t want to, we’re not motivated. Instead, we’re not doing very much.”

More practically, the idea of niksen is to take conscious, considered time and energy to do activities like gazing out of a window or sitting motionless. The less-enlightened might call such activities “lazy” or “wasteful.” Again: nonsense.

We at Smarter Living have long been fans of taking regular breaks throughout the day, as study after study shows that feeling drowsy, exhausted or otherwise mentally depleted during the workday drastically hinders performance and productivity.

In other words: Whether at home or at work, permission granted to spend the afternoon just hanging out.

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Why we need niksen in our lives
Generally speaking, our culture does not promote sitting still, and that can have wide-reaching consequences for our mental health, well-being, productivity and other areas of our lives. Technology doesn’t make it any easier: The smartphone you carry with you at all hours makes it almost impossible to truly unplug and embrace idleness. And by keeping ourselves busy at all times, we may be losing our ability to sit still because our brains are actually being rewired.

Indeed, the benefits of idleness can be wide-ranging.

Ms. Mann’s research has found that daydreaming — an inevitable effect of idleness — “literally makes us more creative, better at problem-solving, better at coming up with creative ideas.” For that to happen, though, total idleness is required.

“Let the mind search for its own stimulation,” Ms. Mann said. “That’s when you get the daydreaming and mind wandering, and that’s when you’re more likely to get the creativity.”

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Counterintuitively, idleness can be a great productivity tool because “if our energy is totally shot, our productivity is not going to be good because we’re not going to have fuel to burn with which to be productive,” said Chris Bailey, a productivity expert and author of the blog “A Life of Productivity.”

Niksen can help you solve problems as well.

“It takes you out of your mind, and then you see things clearly after a while,” said Manfred Kets de Vries, a professor of leadership development and organizational change at Insead in Paris.

But stopping the cycle of business can be challenging in a culture that prizes getting things done. Here are some tips to help you stop and be:

Make time for doing nothing, and do it with purpose.
Figure out when you’re most productive and creative, then notice when your mind starts to shut off or you start performing tasks just for the sake of doing them, Mr. Bailey suggests. That’s when you should go for a walk or take a break. The intention behind the decision is what counts.

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“I do nothing with purpose,” Mr. Kets de Vries said. “I know that without breaks I cannot be effective.”

Prioritize the things that are important to you and the things that bring you pleasure, and outsource everything else when possible. Focusing on the truly relevant parts of life can help you build free time in your schedule. And take advantage of convenient opportunities to practice idleness, like when you’re standing in line or waiting for the children to come home from school.

Resist the culture of busyness.
If you’re doing nothing, own it. When someone asks you what you’re doing during a nothing break, simply respond, “Nothing.” Be unapologetic about taking breaks or holidays, and if you start to feel guilty about being seen as lazy, think of niksen not as a sign of laziness but as an important life skill. Choose the initial discomfort of niksen over the familiarity of busyness.

Manage your expectations.
Learning takes time and effort, so don’t get discouraged if you don’t catch on immediately to the benefits of idleness. Know that sitting still might actually be uncomfortable at first and might take practice — just like exercise.

Ms. Dodgen-Magee likens it to beginning a new workout routine: At first, you might get sore, but “after a while, you’ll find yourself in this moment where you’re like, ‘Oh, this feels fantastic.’”

Reorganize your environment.
Your surroundings can have a major impact on how much nothingness you can embrace, so consider the physical space in your home and workplace. Keep your devices out of reach so that they’ll be more difficult to access, and turn your home into a niksen-friendly area. Add a soft couch, a comfy armchair, a few cushions or just a blanket. Orient furniture around a window or fireplace rather than a TV.

“If those spaces are present, people will use them,” Ms. Dodgen-Magee said.

Think outside of the box.
If you can’t sit still in your home or workplace, go to the park or book a relaxing day at the spa. Ms. Dodgen-Magee encourages people to host boredom parties, during which a host invites over a few friends to … be bored together.

Mr. Bailey suggests experimenting with different lifestyles to find the right one for you. For example, he lived like a slob for a week and learned that it’s important to “let the air out of the tires” once in a while.

If you’re still uncomfortable with the idea of doing nothing, try to trick your mind into thinking you’re being productive. Ms. Dodgen-Magee suggests using open-end toys such as kinetic sand, Baoding balls or marble runs.

Source: The Case for Doing Nothing




Remember, nobody asked to be born. There are a lot of different paths this can take you, but for me personally it brought me happiness knowing that if I'm not happy by say, age 30, then I can go ahead and kill myself and bow out of all the 9-5 shyt. It's not a selfish thing, the selfish thing is to have children that won't be significantly better off than yourself. Why bring them into this shyt just for them to repeat what you did, work a 9-5 for 40 years, then die?

And don't let them try to tell you that you're supposed to find purpose in life through work, that's bullshyt too. I find meaning in life pursing my passions and finding new hobbies, or topics to learn about. Listening to music, simple shyt like taking my dog for a walk. Sitting in an office all day brings me nothing, and the only reason anyone does it is so that they can eat. If everyone was free to pursue what they wanted without the fear of failure or being homeless/going hungry the world would be much better. How many of y'all would still go work some fast food job, or an office job if you didn't have to? But hey, saying that it gives you purpose helps to forget how soul sucking it really is.

 

[peppe]

getting stress attacks on sunday because you know monday is going to be the same shyt again.
Seeing the same cars on your way to work
asking yourself for 8 hours WTF i'm I doing here

 

[str8up]

Also, all the politics at your job are the same sort of distraction. How different are you really than someone who makes 25% more a year than you? They might feel better about themselves knowing they bringing home more, but at the end of the day their life isn't substantially better, and it won't be unless you're seeing millions.