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21 sats \ 2 replies \ @stack_harder OP 2 Jan \ parent \ on: Do Routines Lead to the Quiet Desperation of Life? FiresidePhilosophy
true, I think it's also different that in the past, the farmer (as long as it wasn't on a Soviet collective farm etc), generally speaking, was his own boss, doing his own proof of work. And then the rest were so busy trying to survive, literally, that they wouldn't be sitting around dwelling on shit.
apart from religion, I also think the constant bombardment of people showing their highlight reels on the various socials also makes people think that they are missing out all the time
And then the rest were so busy trying to survive, literally, that they wouldn't be sitting around dwelling on shit.
Yeap. I also think there is something about physical work that is more fulfilling in some way. I had a college summer job for 2 summers working as a car tech (simple stuff like oil changes, brake jobs, etc). In the years after college I was often very nostalgic about that job....
There is a surprising lack of mental stress that comes with such jobs (you're not 'taking work home with you'). You arrive and the car needs a brake job, you leave work and the brake job is done. There is a tangible feeling of accomplishment at the end of your shift....unlike modern office work where projects just seem to drag on and on and you only make incremental, somewhat ephemeral daily progress.
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this is true yeah, keeps life simpler, when I worked with my uncle doing construction it was something similar, physical work and switch off when home, a bit like the movie Office Space lol
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