Work is the curse of the drinking class -Oscar Wilde.
Let alone being stuck in a 8- 5 Job which is dragging your self esteem down. Let alone having a nagging boss who if you really had a chance you would slowly and painfully make him or her miserable. Let alone the fact that you are really overworked and meagerly underpaid. Most of us have already gotten around that fact and managed to move on with life day by freaking day.
Every single day, searching the internet looking for that greener pasture. Where is this greener pasture by the way?! Do i have to be a farmer to know where it is? Let alone the normal frustrations of employment and realizing that the degree that took you a number of years to attain is of little significance. What if Universities just taught experience, because that’s all am seeing on the qualifications to be met when searching for the greener pasture. Experience they say, experience they say, if experience was just like a simple course in university, don’t you think i would gladly take it?
So getting over the fact that my job sucks. Job which by the way is to mean Just Overly Broke. If i was to do some random research i would figure that 95% of people hate their job but there’s nothing they can do about it. This is where i fall, maybe you too or definitely. To those of you who enjoy your work and every aspect. Kudos! And to the fact of being overly broke. Bills, bills, bills! . Taxation for example. The more you earn the more you are taxed they say. With that in mind, will i be highly motivated to look for a high paying job so that i can pay more in tax and what have you? I doubt it. Of course i want that big car, that big house, that feel of umph that oozes out of you after feeling that you are making it that might make me forget.
Despite all this unfortunate barriers or whatever you might choose to call them, i as a working class have managed to get on by. Surviving you call it. Holding on to that thin thread that is holding me from falling to the brink of insanity. Sticking to the sickening routine gets me wondering, this is how serial killers start their murderous rage.right? . Might be another TED BUNDY in the making. How do i manage to get by a whole year you might ask? Let alone a year. A whole damn day. That 5 O’clock really looks far fetched. Zombie mode. ——-> My way of getting through to 8-5 without killing anyone. And no i don’t go out eating people’s brains. Just doing things in autopilot mode. Trying to be optimistic also works but sometime that plastic smile I’ve been putting up just turns into a whatever-kind-of-attitude.
That’s not the end of it by the way. After being content with all this things, there is always another blow that decides to hit you under the belt a couple of times. The having the worst paycheck compared to your colleagues. Now that this is depressing. Especially if you have more “experience” than they do or whatever comparison you would like to run to put you in favour. Some might really not care, but you got to admit that it is a tad bit depressing. When you don’t know about it, you will simply live your miserable life in pieces peace. Who knew it would be tempting to take a sneak peak at somebody’s paycheck when its lying there next to you. I mean, humans are just designed to be curious. And we all know what curiosity did to the cat. Who knew that after that revelation that depression could actually be more than what it was initially. The fact that you have been asking for a pay rise day in day out and being rejected doesn’t make it any better. Anticipating every paycheck hoping that they finally added another value only to find out that if wishes were horses you’d be a jockey and a gambler by now.
Sad state of affairs really. I might be the only one in this kind of predicament maybe. Tired of reading and hearing these motivational talks/ books that keep telling me about that dream job that is. Or guides to start a business or advice from some rich men who make it look simple and almost doable. I might be the only one who is stuck in life. Don’t know what to do other than Zombie on with life and expect least results if any.
The struggle Continues i guess…
The Nosy Neighbours 