A personal reflection on happiness, purpose, and breaking free from conventional career chains
"Finding meaning and security after work isn't as hard or big a deal as people make it out to be."
Modern philosophy has confused the everliving shit out of people. When people talk about finding meaning and purpose they immediately cite dead rich white guys.
When I say "actually you're a human animal and it's really easy to make you happy" they say idiotic things like "lul I don't want to shit in the woods" 😵💫
Having retired from a conventional career two years ago, I can say that finding meaning and purpose is pretty easy:
Humans derive the vast majority of our meaning, self esteem, and healthy ego by the quality of our relationships. My wife and I have worked on our relationship and become closer than ever. I've learned to be a better friend and colleague (though I'm still hella autistic and impatient with most people).
90% of feeling good on any given day is physical health. When you have a high stress, high inflammation, dysregulated lifestyle and diet, and your entire system is out of whack, you feel like shit. People have been stuck in this mode for decades, so they forget (or never knew) what it's like to feel good in your body.
Yes, I still work. But it's more like the "do what you love and you'll never work a day in your life" and I also do a ton of work that makes no money whatsoever. I've built up a business with multiple revenue streams, some are passive, meaning I've basically got a retirement annuity that just needs a little bit of care and feeding.
This is another reason why I say the majority of Western philosophy is bullshit. Be wary of the man selling you the shirt off his back; many philosophers were abjectly miserable creatures. If you want to be happy, do not learn from them.
This is why I say, from my perspective, many people have Stockholm Syndrome for their jobs. It's like the parable of the elephant that has been chained up since it was an infant. Now that it's an adult, it doesn't believe it could easily break the chains. Learned helplessness.
You keep a dog locked in its crate too long and it will prefer imprisonment.
But some of y'all ain't ready for this.
A reflection on post-career life and human happiness
By @DaveShapi • Made by @AntDX316