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Comment on how do you deal with those characters fully convinced a job is something you have to enjoy?

First, stop referring to him as a ‘character’. Doing that makes you look insecure with your own situation. Next, understand his real question behind his words which is something more along the lines of “shouldn’t a career be more rewarding than just showing up?” Expecting that to be achievable for everyone in this day and age may be naive, but his idealism and wish for happiness is not a bad thing. He’s likely coming from a place of care rather than purposefully trying to antagonise you. I suspect you are mostly angry at his testing of your carefully built mental fortress, the one that insulates you from dwelling on the tedium and uninspired drudgery your future in that position offers.

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marc4267@lemmy.ml ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

I suspect you are mostly angry…

I don’t feel anger, he is however a nuisance I want to avoid.

at his testing of your carefully built mental fortress,

I didn’t have to think much to build this fortress, as you call it. You are exaggerating.

the one that insulates you from dwelling on the tedium and uninspired drudgery your future in that position offers.

let’s say you are right and my position is tedious and uninspiring (which sometimes it is). Why is that bad? it’s a job. Why are you looking for fulfillment in a job? Wouldn’t it be better to find meaning in a hobby or family? Maybe writing a book? Painting?

shouldn’t a career be more rewarding than just showing up?

no. it’s still a job. they have to literally pay you for you to be there.

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- skeezix@lemmy.world ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  
  Why are you looking for fulfillment in a job?
  
  As the other commenters stated, if you’re spending a significant portion of your life doing something, it makes sense to try to make it something you at least enjoy doing.
  
  Wouldn’t it be better to find meaning in a hobby or family? Maybe writing a book? Painting?
  
  Yes that’s well and good but the options are not mutually exclusive. You can have a rewarding hobby life AND a job that offers some measure of satisfaction and enjoyment.
  
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- IronBird@lemmy.world ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  do you understand just how incredibly easy money is to get in a bull market/bubble? they print a literal infinite amount of the stuff, and the richest of our society gamble with it at digital casinos so they can watch lines go up instead of spending it in the real world.
  
  if you learn the rules to that casino, you would never have to work another day in your life.
  
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AmericanEconomicThinkTank@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
You really sure you’re okay good buddy?

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