You just need to pull yourself up by the bootstraps.

https://sh.itjust.works/post/1756081

You just need to pull yourself up by the bootstraps. - sh.itjust.works

Also why would anyone want to work? Work is a necessity, not a goal in itself.

I like to work. I enjoy building things; if we lived in a post-scarcity Star Trek world, I would still be in construction.

The problem I have is that we don’t live in that world, and most companies don’t want to pay me enough to live comfortably, so when I’m applying for jobs, I have to pass over most of them

I do too. However work is still not the goal, the excitement that I find from parts of it is the goal. And without compensation I would not work for the man but myself.
I mean, they’re right. I don’t want to work, I just have to in order to earn the money to participate in society. Would I rather do whatever the fuck I wanted? Of course. Wouldn’t everyone? But we still work our asses off for the plutocrats.