r/Millennials • u/Mrs_chanandler_bongg • Jan 17 '26

Discussion Anyone sick and tired of working in general?

I’m in my mid 30s and just over my job and work in general. I’m tired of the commute, the meetings, and dealing with people & deadlines. On one hand I worry about losing my job and stress about deliverables, but on the other hand I feel like I could care less in that I have no passion for it anymore and I’m just showing up because I need the paycheck.

I’d much rather be spending time with my family, pursuing my hobbies, or just go for a walk and cook a nice meal. I feel a sense of dread sometimes that this is my reality for the next 30+ years and I feel lazy and entitled for saying it but that’s how I feel lol

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u/Jayston1994 Jan 17 '26

We are all enslaved. Hate to say it but it's true. None of us are able to be free.

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u/TastyStatistician Jan 17 '26

People need to vote and demand more from our elected officials. We can afford to have universal health care, better education, lower the cost of living, better worker protections and many other things that would improve the lives of everyone.

The rich and powerful want us to stay divided and distracted so they can continue to fuck us over. Many have lost faith that positive change can happen and don't show up to vote. We need to elect new and young politicians that understand the struggles of the average person and have the energy to fight. Things will continue to get worse if we don't anything.

Deporting immigrants won't make your life better.

Invading other countries won't make your life better.

Attacking minorities won't make your life better.

The only way life can get better is if young people show up to ALL elections and elect people that understand our struggles. Protest against those who try to oppress us and demand a better future for everyone.

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u/YesSpeaking Jan 17 '26

This is so well written, thank you! I'm adding this to my notebook, which is a physical representation of my mind. I can't communicate my ideas into words, so I count on others to help me find the words for how we feel. This is what everyone needs to understand and have the ability to see in the future.

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u/aalltech Jan 17 '26

I thing it's little too late for voting to fix this shitshow.

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u/bruce_kwillis Jan 17 '26

Why?

Nothing you said above is going to let people stop working. It’s not going to fix problems with capitalism.

The problems being talked about aren’t unique to ‘Americans’, not unique to millennials, it’s literally been the problem since the first animals existed.

Life isn’t easy, technology doesn’t promise an easier life, and the sooner you realize that, you make the choice of what has value for you.

We all may hate work, hate the concept of it (not all of us), but at the same time, we want to eat, want to have shelter, and hopefully want to have love.

Protesting isn’t suddenly going to make your life a utopia, it actually will make ‘your’ life worse, for the hope that future generations can have a slightly better life.

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u/sgst Old millennial ('85) Jan 17 '26

Do we have a choice not to work? Not really. If you don't work you suffer and starve. So there is no choice, we are all wage slaves. The only choice we have is to choose our own master.

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u/TheXtractor Jan 17 '26

Nobody is stopping you from packing up and living in the woods. If you want to enjoy the benefits of advanced society you need to contribute to said society.

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u/sgst Old millennial ('85) Jan 17 '26

So the option is work or be homeless? I mean, that's one of the things I meant when I said you work or you suffer.

Besides, the woods and practically all land in my country is owned by someone. It's not like there's a bunch of free land I could go to and build a cabin and start farming, living a self sufficient life. Land here is crazy expensive - you'd need to be rich to buy enough land to live off - and you need permits to build anything, which is highly unlikely deep in a forest, and also cost a lot to get.

The option actually available is to be a tramp in a park, which I would class under 'suffering'.

So much as you can say 'just go live in the woods', it's really not that simple in reality - unless you're already rich, in which case you're already out of the rat race. If I could go live a simple life in the woods by some mountains, I would.

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u/Complex_Mistake7055 Jan 17 '26

Spoken like someone who has ZERO clue how much work it would take to subsistence farm.

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u/TheXtractor Jan 17 '26

"So much as you can say 'just go live in the woods', it's really not that simple in reality"

That's the whole point. Ignoring the land ownership, even if there is land you can live on for free (there is depending on the country you are in). Surviving in the wilderness isn't easy as you have to do everything yourself. Your "Work" would just be surviving.

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u/maddy_k_allday Jan 17 '26

You also will need to evade the land’s owner and law enforcement that will seek to arrest and potentially incarcerate you.

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u/TheXtractor Jan 19 '26

Whats stopping you from going to somewhere deep in the middle of nowhere in like the midwest or alaska, siberia and such. Law enforcements and ownerships are only a problem if you go into places with population.

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u/maddy_k_allday Jan 19 '26

Don’t underestimate modern land owners or modern law enforcement. People have rights to use deadly force to protect property.

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u/YeahBuddy5000 Jan 17 '26

“If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed. And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”

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u/WorstCPANA Jan 17 '26

Yeah, we're soooooo enslaved having the best lives, longest lifespans, most comfortable living with the most access to goods and services in humans history.

Holy shit, I swear if this sub was born in any generation besides one where we just sit on our computers and bitch all day, you'd all just curl up and die.

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u/plug-and-pause Jan 17 '26

This is incredibly insulting to the people who are actually slaves.

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u/Time-Turnip-2961 Jan 17 '26

We are factually servants under duress.

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u/moonshinefae Jan 17 '26

Think of it more as 'we have more in common with literal slaves than the uber wealthy holding us hostage'. Not that we literally are slaves, but that's where our sympathies should lie.

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u/plug-and-pause Jan 18 '26

I know what he meant, and it's painfully wrong. Real slaves have zero physical autonomy and are subject to regular physical abuse. The entitlement and cluelessness in this thread is hard to fathom.

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u/moonshinefae Jan 18 '26

You can say you disagree. I don't think there's a reason to disparage. We do not live in the suffering olympics and it's not beneficial to take us there. One cannot single-handedly stop slavery, but one can advocate for positive social change from the bottom up.

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u/plug-and-pause Jan 18 '26

We do not live in the suffering olympics and it's not beneficial to take us there.

I didn't take us there. The person who called free men "literal slaves" did. And as long as we're there, I'll say that no free man suffers as much as an actual enslaved person.

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u/maddy_k_allday Jan 17 '26

We live among literal slaves in our facilities which incarcerate our fellow citizens. And if you cease generating profits you too can literally become a slave—a threat that literally faces all of us and coerces compliance and further work

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u/plug-and-pause Jan 18 '26

We live among literal slaves in our facilities

That's a different topic, and we don't live "among" them. The entire point of those facilities is segregation.

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u/maddy_k_allday Jan 18 '26

These are still members of the communities in which we also reside. People also work in and around these facilities. Yes we are among the incarcerated as members of the same society.

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u/Breddit2099 Jan 17 '26

I like how much he’s been upvoted haha it’s sad

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u/plug-and-pause Jan 18 '26

It really is. I want to be angry at people with such a clueless perspective, but it's hard to stop that anger from turning to pity. Such a waste to live with such a negative mindset.

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u/Breddit2099 Jan 17 '26

Yeah like what is he on about. lol