As someone who has worked in a factory, office, and retail, I sometimes wonder if boredom from monotony and dread from the “never-ending grind” are legitimate feelings or a sign that we as humans have gotten lazy. Most of the time I don’t think we’re lazy. I believe there should be more to life than working to survive. But then I look at wild animals who spend all of their life just surviving without experiencing existential dread, and it makes me wonder if I’m just spoiled.
There's no question that we're spoiled, IMHO. Modern society can do that. Granted, there can be huge gaps due to differences in wealth, but if you compare to how humans lived even just a century ago, we've come a long way.
But the "never-ending grind" is not so much an issue of laziness as it is of disliking the work one does. Mind you, I'm sure there are folks out there who enjoy that type of work, and that's fine. But most people don't enjoy it.
I think the key to happiness is to have a job you actually like. Then even if others might think of it as boring, it doesn't really matter, because you at least are having fun, and likely still getting a lot of work done.
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As someone who has worked in a factory, office, and retail, I sometimes wonder if boredom from monotony and dread from the “never-ending grind” are legitimate feelings or a sign that we as humans have gotten lazy. Most of the time I don’t think we’re lazy. I believe there should be more to life than working to survive. But then I look at wild animals who spend all of their life just surviving without experiencing existential dread, and it makes me wonder if I’m just spoiled.
There's no question that we're spoiled, IMHO. Modern society can do that. Granted, there can be huge gaps due to differences in wealth, but if you compare to how humans lived even just a century ago, we've come a long way.
But the "never-ending grind" is not so much an issue of laziness as it is of disliking the work one does. Mind you, I'm sure there are folks out there who enjoy that type of work, and that's fine. But most people don't enjoy it.
I think the key to happiness is to have a job you actually like. Then even if others might think of it as boring, it doesn't really matter, because you at least are having fun, and likely still getting a lot of work done.