Just as a user, I'm excited about the rewards changes I'll ship this week, which is kind of surprising. One, because I suspect I'll earn more sats. Two, the amount I earn will be more dependent on how well I find content/comment/upvote rather than being kind of averaged out.
Jobs give you a built in sense of purpose even if you don't really like the particular job. I have for-fun projects now but it's too easy to get distracted and I inevitably end up jumping around from thing to thing somewhat aimless with no real purpose. It's not all bad, just think it was maybe better before. Wage slavery only seems terrible when you don't have a clear understanding of the alternative. Grass is always greener, etc.
I'm certainly not happy with how government / central bank monetary policy works, that's for sure. I'm grateful that Bitcoin gave me a way to opt out of that system at least.