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Do you think there's too much emphasis in popular media on working your ass off? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 2 days ago by gigastasio@sh.itjust.works to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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Something I was thinking about in the car today, shuffling through songs that glorify The Hustle, talk about how money is all that matters…It got me wondering if there’s too much media that tells us that working ourselves to death is the only way to live.

Yes, I am of course aware that there’s plenty of media about living a life of leisure, rebelling against the grind, and so on. I’m am of course also aware that a solid work ethic is a generally positive trait.

So the question I guess comes down to balance. What do you see as the prevailing message in the media you see/hear/read? Is it, “Work as hard and amass as much money as you possibly can and nothing else matters?” Or do you see something different/better?

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[–] Libb@piefed.social 0 points 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

“Work as hard and amass as much money as you possibly can and nothing else matters?” Or do you see something different/better?

The hell with money obsession (I quit a great job many years ago, to get my life back).

But making stuff is not just about earning money. It's about making. Making something out of nothing or out of some raw material (be it a piece of wood before one starts sculpting it, or some vague idea before one starts making a book out of it). And that, that is indeed hard work. It requires efforts, humility (one needs to be ok with being bad at first), and patience (o learn to get better at doing it).

Imvho, that hard work is the very reason why we're alive, we just need to re-learn that we don't have to make a business out of it.

Edit: clarifications.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 points 1 day ago

they also become more conservative the more money they own, plus them having more free time to go to the gym which draws them in further conservative-wise.