I wonder if maybe the moment's not that embraceable in such circumstances, anyway? Because maybe it contains unpleasant factors, like doing a job you might not enjoy, or interacting with people you dislike, etc. Maybe looking forward to promotions and holidays is an understandable coping mechanism.
That's a great question! Frankly, I wonder how you did all that, too. Though probably, I imagine that's what got you out eventually, too. Maintaining such a firmly rooted self outside of work. 'Cause I imagine the older one gets, the more defined by the job, the scarier it becomes to leave even if you could - because who the hell are you?
I do. Even in my fifties so few of my friends have escaped that there aren't many who have the same kinds of freedoms.
I think that's another thing that keeps us bound to a certain life maybe. Better to be miserable in this job together than to be free alone.
Thank you, Eric :)
Yeah, I think moments are tough to embrace in that situation for a variety of reasons. I was almost like a robot during those years—wake up, participate in the grind, come home, go to sleep.
Where there's a will there's a way I guess! : ) Around 2015 I was feeling desperate to escape and, shortly after, the universe plopped Steemit into my lap and that ended up being my ticket to freedom.
For sure! There's truth in that phrase misery loves company. I had several co-workers try to instill doubt in me about leaving. Many were just there because of the perception of security but the ironic thing was many of the tenured employees were offered buyouts and let go just a few years after I left. I'm almost sure I would have been one of them.
You're welcome!
Do you think, if you'd discovered Steemit 5 years before, you would've done the same thing? Or might the chance have passed you by entirely? (I like thinking about this sort of thing, the way the Universe arranges itself around us)
No, I think it all unfolded as it was meant to. Those years from 2010-2015 were a huge era of confidence-building for me. Also, much of the material I published that first year on Steemit was written prior to 2016. I had a huge backlog of previously unpublished work that allowed me to post twice a day for over a year. I was still working my day job so I had a routine of publishing one post during lunch at work and then the second right when I got home.