Was the last post too sad? Who’s sad from the last post? This will cheer you up… I’ve got a new track on repeat. And—I’m working!
I’m doing something I believe in for the first time in my life instead of doing it for the money as I have previously. It feels so, so good.
My new job is at a local food warehouse. We work with farms around the city to distribute sustainable and ethically grown and produced food to restaurants in the city. The hours are strange, but I don’t have to get up early in the morning, and I’ll be driving around the city late at night to get home—I love it. Plus there’s lots of moving around and heavy lifting, so I don’t have to exercise anymore. My job is hours of exercise! My coworkers are friendly and welcoming, and they nod in agreement and respond when I say things instead of just saying their thing even before I’m finished saying mine. It’s refreshing.
But the most important thing is I’m working in an industry attempting to do something other than just get money. I was sick—physically and mentally sick—of helping people who already had more money than they and their families would ever need get even more money. Money is like energy—you don’t make it, you just convert it and move it around. You can’t get more money yourself without moving it from somewhere—i.e. someone—else. You can play with convoluted conversion paths to hide this process, but that’s how it works when you do the math. Anyone who attempts to convince you otherwise is either ignorant of how our current economy functions or a bastard flush with other people’s cash.
It matters to me how and why money is distributed the way it is. And I know there’s enough here for everyone and everyone else, so rather than going horse trying to explain it I’ve decided to live it.