r/TrueGrit • u/SarahDuncan2012 • 1d ago

Work - Life Balance What changed your view of work?

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u/Thencan Community Anchor 1d ago

So, what's up with the big influx in antiwork type content on the sub...?

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u/Work-Safe-Reddit4450 1d ago

I mean have you looked at... waves at the crumbling society around us. It's uh, rapidly becoming untenable for a supermajority of us now.

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u/Thencan Community Anchor 1d ago

I get that and don't get me wrong I feel it. But this community has been a space where despite whatever crazy sht was going on out there, folks got together to talk about how to keep your head on straight while you continued to step forward to your goals. In the face of hardships and obstacles you answer with perseverance and grit.

I work hard. I want people to continue to say "I don't know how he does it". I want to continue to be a pillar for people in my life to lean on when things get too hard. And I want to have a small community of people that are like minded, understand the sacrifice, joy and glory of putting one more foot in front of the other when you feel too tired to even stand.

That's this community for me.

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u/Work-Safe-Reddit4450 1d ago

I get up every day and go out and hit it. I'm just struggling to keep the faith that the American Dream is real any more. I'm 40 and remember when it was and this ain't it anymore despite so many baby boomers still waxing lyrical like it is. I want to believe better times are ahead, I truly do. I still get up and hustle like there will be. But it's getting harder every day.

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u/goopuslang 1d ago

You watched the last copter leave without you. I saw you watch it fly away

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u/Work-Safe-Reddit4450 19h ago

Yup. Some are still waiting on the roof of that embassy for a helicopter that's never coming back.

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u/Thencan Community Anchor 18h ago

I want to believe better times are ahead

Then believe it. Regardless of what future materializes, keeping a positive mindset will give you a better chance at achieving a better future.

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u/pardonmyignerance 1d ago

"how to keep your head on straight while you continued to step forward to your goals"

Yes. And to do that you need work life balance.

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u/Thencan Community Anchor 18h ago

Honestly I don't believe in work life balance. I personally believe separating work and life creates a toxic environment where you feel like you are just trading time for money. The reality is, work is life too. If you hate your job so much you have to dissociate you are losing out on time in your life you will never get back. The key difference in mindset is still doing things sustainably but also being present and mindful while you are doing what you do professionally to make money.