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 The entire planet has been psyop into believing that a career is the most important thing in someone’s life

People are trading their finite time for an unfulfilling path. No bueno tbh 
 It’s ppls entire identity 
 It’s sad bro. We were doing a group retreat this am and all they talked about was work and challenging themselves to aim higher at work 
 N O  B U E N O  🙅‍♂️

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 Thank God we have a tool to help with this problem 
 I knew my gender studies degree would come in handy. Never have to worry about a career because I'll never get a job 😀 
 Maybe you should get a masters in female history. That’ll get a job for sure 🤪 
 Shoulda majored in Defense Against the Racist Arts and gotten that DEI quota hire. 
 Just claim you are a trans, non gender pansexual thing and you’ll be hired in no time. Dye the hair in multiple colors to attract the hiring manager 
 Perfect. Thanks for the career advice 😂😂 
 YW 🫂💜🫡 
 The fries need a minute more in the fryer, Jay. 
 Career is useless if you gain no unique skills and knowledge that increases your value as an individual 🐶🐾🫡 (always has been. I am surprised people don’t realize it soon enough) 
 I understand working really hard for something that you own but for a big corp? Not worth it 
 Ok, let me put something straight. You never work for a big corp, you only cooperate with them in a mutual relationship. You learn and grow using their resources, they have access to your skills. When relationship becomes non mutual, you part your ways. 🐶🐾🫡 
 Absolutely 💯 I would say every 2-3 jump ship to get ahead salary wise and position wise. No allegiance to big corps 

And hopefully one day you get to the point of saying goodbye with the help of btc and retire early 
 I’d say jump as soon as you stop learning. If it feels like same shit different day, time to move. Your allegiance should only be to you and your own “brand”, the rest is just a noise 🐶🐾🫡 
 Go with the money :) Always do

It took me a long time to realize this. I had the same mindset that you do when I was younger 
 I am not young by any means, but I value knowledge as much as money 🐶🐾🫡 
 And what is the point of increasing value as an individual if it gets stolen from you? 
 “Stolen”? Nobody can unteach you what you learn. You are looking at it all from a different perspective 🐶🐾🫡 
 Maybe you are right. 
Depression creeping again makes me think negative comments.  
 Not negative at all, just a different perspective 🐶🐾🫡 
 That’s a good perspective 
 Once we believed that the debt coupons had value, we were easy to control. 
 Literally a rat race 
 /Effort/ and /skills/ are important. "A Career" far less so. #wisdom 
 Absolutely 💯🫂💜 
 You mean working in Excel for three decades is not fulfilling for the soul?! 
 3 decades? What’s this the 1980s?

Make that more like 5-6 decades 
 I imagine you'd get a stroke or something after 3 decades working that shit. 
 Fr fr ded