Forest[she/her]Aug 16, 2023

Is this it? Is there anything more to life, am I missing something?

https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/1914589

Is this it? Is there anything more to life, am I missing something? - Blåhaj Lemmy

Currently I am a uni student, working 4 days a week during the summer, moving to about 3 during term time. Every day I’m not working I feel tired constantly, regardless of amount of sleep. I push through anyways to get the work that needs done finished, then sit down and just collapse basically. I wouldn’t even call it relax, just sit and switch off. I don’t have any energy or motivation to play games anymore, even though I used to play avidly. I play guitar but it’s been feeling like I’m not getting as much out of it now… Once I’m out of uni, I’ll be in full-time and, if I get into the industry I want, more mentally taxing work. In short, is there something I’m missing here, or is work-eat-sleep-repeat all there is until I retire? Cause frankly I’m more sure I can be arsed if not…

Show threadEyeofHorus

Up to now, you’ve been following the track your society has laid out for you, growing and building yourself into a useful and civilized adult. Unfortunately, this where the tracks end.

No one will blame you if you fall into the perpetual cycles of materialism and let the world grind you up in exchange for occasional pleasure of increasingly empty quality.

The only escape I have encountered is to find something that calls to you, and to treat it as more important than yourself. The hard part about that is that other people, your friends and family and strangers online, who do not themselves worship the same, will criticize your choice. And you’ll have to decide which you can afford to do without.

Aug 16, 2023 at 6:19pmWeb