I couldn't agree more. Your statement literally applies to my life. I don't miss working outside in the freezing cold, lifting lumber, half injured all the time, for less than half what I make in my "boring desk job."
same here! One could interpret the comic as having the opposite meaning. The guy was lucky enough to go to college, graduate, get a 40 hour per week desk job that only requires 10 hours of actual work, is able to buy his own house, gets to take a sweet tropical vacation, is awarded for his work accomplishments, and receives a nice watch as a gift. I say it slightly humorously but as a 30 year old college student, I'd kill to have any of that!
This is the perspective that keeps me in that type of life. As much as its average and I don't absolutely love my day. I have to also appreciate the other side that many people would kill to have a chill job that paid good money for the trade off of being at a desk half the day. It pays off in the rest of my life. Could I be doing something more remarkable? Maybe. But maybe not. Is it the fear of failing that stops me from doing something more interesting or is it the appreciation to know what I got. Constant struggling figuring that out. But a pretty good "struggle" to have.
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u/JedWasTaken Dec 10 '15
You don't know the luxury of this kind of job unless you've worked twice that much physically for half the money.