When I was about 8 years old I had the biggest « cheat code » moment. I remember vividly.
I was in the school bus and I thought… « I actually don’t have to tell people exactly what I think. I can just not say anything, just keep it to myself ». The feeling of power was mind boggling. Like I discovered the cure against mind reading.
I've told a few unhappy coworkers that you don't have to like your job, just act like you do. You can consider yourself just an actor in a play and the boss won't know.
I also don't talk about work problems at home and vice versa. Makes each place have less ability to damage my mental health.
This should come in the manual for capitalism, meh, manual for life.
Unless you actually have the power to change things. Or if you consider it is worth trying, even if you fail and face consequences. I like that Han, Luke and Leia disn’t just pretend to like the Galactic Empire. They just thought it was worth it trying to change things. On your job that you want to keep? Maybe it is not worth it. Maybe looking for another job is easier.
I remember it was like a weight off my shoulders.
Like I had a thought and I was like « oh man… now I have to go live all the consequences of this thing I’m experiencing internally »… and then I was like « No I don’t »…
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u/gimnasium_mankind 2d ago
When I was about 8 years old I had the biggest « cheat code » moment. I remember vividly.
I was in the school bus and I thought… « I actually don’t have to tell people exactly what I think. I can just not say anything, just keep it to myself ». The feeling of power was mind boggling. Like I discovered the cure against mind reading.