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Listen I'm not gonna tell you there's a job out there that will absolutely make you happy. But my guy, you went from one of the most soul crushing environments imaginable straight in to another one.
These environments demand a lot of you, both mentally and physically. There are better places to be. Any chance you could get in to trade school?
If there was any trade that I'd give a shit about, then probably. I'm not willing to spend the massive amount of money on a maybe. I already make $50k a year at a slaughterhouse.
I went to a trade school that was only like 2k a semester or less. Now, I work a job that I mostly enjoy at a small company that actually cares about its employees. It’s work so it still sucks but it’s very tolerable and I’m in a good mood when I got home.
I’m not saying it’ll work for you or it’s a cure all but it’s an option and if you’re miserable now, you’re going to be miserable in two years but if you work towards a trade or some other way to change your situation, who know where you could be in two years. You might even be in the same place but at least you’d have options.
I grew up in an area with a lot of fatalism in our world view and I hear some of that in your comments. The people my age that leaned into that thought are still in my small hometown, not doing a whole lot but they seem happy enough. Many of the people who escaped that thinking seem to be thriving.
I’m not telling you how to live your life, I’m just giving my opinion. In the end I don’t want to have a job either but if I have to have one, I don’t want it to make me miserable every day, that just sounds like an awful waste to me.