• orca@orcas.enjoying.yachts
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    14 hours ago

    I have a graveyard for the things I enjoy doing but can’t motivate myself to do. The primary culprit for this is work. It’s boring and uninspiring but it pays well. The trade off is a paycheck in exchange for any semblance of motivation for life once the workday ends.

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      7 hours ago

      Yeah same. My jobs OK and pays well. Boring as hell to spend 45 hours a week doing it, but I like money. While all my hobbies rust and gather dust. I’ll be old or dead before I can enjoy them. Weekends are far too short to ever to anything meaningful.

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      11 hours ago

      For me the issue seems to be stress not work specifically, I’ve been unemployed for ~22 months and I still have the same problem.

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        9 hours ago

        There’s a lot of emotional drain with that kind of weight, so that totally makes sense. I’m honestly shocked I haven’t been laid off (again) yet.

      • fleem@piefed.zeromedia.vip
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        11 hours ago

        if you have tons of money in the bank, i’d probably seek a professional’s help with that.

        if you’re broke as fuck like the rest of us, i imagine a lot of the negative emotions surrounding (pretty much anything) may be due to external factors and seeking the aforementioned professional’s help may actually make it worse (therapists cost money!)

        i say this as someone who has finally stitched together the perfect emulation setup across all my devices and still cannot finish final fantasy 9