Thrembologist
Nusoicaca
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- Apr 29, 2025
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when i was in school, my parents pushed me i could be. they thought that this meant i had to take all the AP classes, get 5's on all the AP exams, maintain a 5.0 GPA, get into the extracurriculars and volunteering and community service and all this other shit. i worked hard, and my parents had succeeded in their goal, but i wasnt happy. my life was being planned out for me right in front of my eyes. they pushed me so that i could get into harvard, or stanford, or MIT, so i could eventually get a degree in engineering to go out and be an engineer for 50 years and then retire. i couldn't stand that feeling of having my life be on a track that i was just following blindly. for four years i dedicated myself to academics. i missed all the social oppurtunities that you have in high school. all of this in the name of "hard work"
they'll tell you that you need to "just work harder!" and you'll see success. at your job, if you just take on a few more projects and work a bit more overtime that you'll be noticed. you won't be, no one will care. your boss and his boss will see you working hard and decide that you're just where you need to be. why promote this person if they're already doing so good? so now you're just working hard for no point. you get the same pay as your co-workers. no one CARES if you work hard.
heres an example, imagine you spent 10 years working on a painting. this painting has 10 years worth of your sweat, blood, tears, and most importantly your hard work in it. surely all that hard work you put into it will make it good, right?
isnt that just great? when people tell you that it looks like shit, you can just tell them, "but i put so much hard work into it!". this is exaggerated of course but you can see my point. the value of "hard work" only comes from the end product. it doesn't have any intrinsic value.
they'll tell you that you need to "just work harder!" and you'll see success. at your job, if you just take on a few more projects and work a bit more overtime that you'll be noticed. you won't be, no one will care. your boss and his boss will see you working hard and decide that you're just where you need to be. why promote this person if they're already doing so good? so now you're just working hard for no point. you get the same pay as your co-workers. no one CARES if you work hard.
heres an example, imagine you spent 10 years working on a painting. this painting has 10 years worth of your sweat, blood, tears, and most importantly your hard work in it. surely all that hard work you put into it will make it good, right?
isnt that just great? when people tell you that it looks like shit, you can just tell them, "but i put so much hard work into it!". this is exaggerated of course but you can see my point. the value of "hard work" only comes from the end product. it doesn't have any intrinsic value.
