60SecondsRemaining
Former SrTL - Replen
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This is going to be an unpopular take - but I see this posted like 30 times a week so if this post helps even one person, I'll consider it a success.
There is no reality where things are simply handed to you for working harder. You can work as hard as you want for as long as you want and the only thing you're ever going to get is more work. It sucks, it's unfair, but that is how the world works.
If you want to elevate your situation, then separate the notion of "hard work" from "more pay/better benefits".
If you want more money, if you want more benefits, if you want a better situation - then the catalyst is you. Find something you think might be enjoyable and go learn. Go learn the fuck out of it.
Go get on youtube and watch videos
Take free Udemy classes
Take some college courses and get Target to foot the bill
Just go do the thing you want to do. Want to be a woodworker? Go buy some wood and make some shit. Want to be a computer programmer? Download visual studio, go sign up for github and start programming.
Then take all that shit you learned and go apply for jobs. Sell yourself and your skills. Plenty of jobs out there, and college degrees mean far less than they used to. "I am passionate about this thing, and I want to learn" is far more valuable than "I have a piece of paper". Getting more money, being more happy, eating more fish, whatever the fuck you want to better in your life no one is stopping you but you.
- Being older does not automatically make you better at a job.
- Doing a job for longer does not automatically make you better at a job.
- Your opinion of yourself and your work ethic compared to your peers is probably biased.
- Yes it is unfair that you work harder and accomplish more than John Doe and still get paid the same.
- Yes it is unfair more is expected of you than others.
There is no reality where things are simply handed to you for working harder. You can work as hard as you want for as long as you want and the only thing you're ever going to get is more work. It sucks, it's unfair, but that is how the world works.
If you want to elevate your situation, then separate the notion of "hard work" from "more pay/better benefits".
If you want more money, if you want more benefits, if you want a better situation - then the catalyst is you. Find something you think might be enjoyable and go learn. Go learn the fuck out of it.
Go get on youtube and watch videos
Take free Udemy classes
Take some college courses and get Target to foot the bill
Just go do the thing you want to do. Want to be a woodworker? Go buy some wood and make some shit. Want to be a computer programmer? Download visual studio, go sign up for github and start programming.
Then take all that shit you learned and go apply for jobs. Sell yourself and your skills. Plenty of jobs out there, and college degrees mean far less than they used to. "I am passionate about this thing, and I want to learn" is far more valuable than "I have a piece of paper". Getting more money, being more happy, eating more fish, whatever the fuck you want to better in your life no one is stopping you but you.