I’d rather die than work a 9-5

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  • Today is June 18 2024, I can’t do this anymore…
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  • @lorenmars5244
    @lorenmars5244 23 дні тому +1892

    53. Worked for 38 years. Almost nothing to show for it. Now I work for myself and take 3 months off a year.

  • @VirideSoryuLangley
    @VirideSoryuLangley Місяць тому +4857

    "I don't care about money, I want time!" You're a wise young man. I wish you the best.

    • @raccooncity8356
      @raccooncity8356 Місяць тому +161

      If a person wants time and says they don't care about money they are ignorant. Everything costs money. What's he going to do, sit at the park all day?

    • @VirideSoryuLangley
      @VirideSoryuLangley Місяць тому +180

      @@raccooncity8356 Did you even watch the video before commenting? He's starting his own company that allows him to earn a living while still leaving him some free time.

    • @raccooncity8356
      @raccooncity8356 Місяць тому +12

      @@VirideSoryuLangley I sure did!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    • @tippytoe1250
      @tippytoe1250 Місяць тому +65

      My question is how is he surviving. He said he started a business. Is it sustainable now or is he living at home while his parents work 9-5? Honest question. I mean we all don’t want to work 9-5.

    • @Rykerz_
      @Rykerz_ Місяць тому +60

      @@bigboss9817guess he rather go all on in himself and take a chance then give all to someone else

  • @LelnaG
    @LelnaG Місяць тому +2217

    "You've helped someone else achieve their dreams" was real asf😭

    • @Dakota-Rose
      @Dakota-Rose 25 днів тому +41

      That was so real and hit the nail on the head

    • @Mike79555
      @Mike79555 25 днів тому +12

      Yes

    • @teeeejaay89
      @teeeejaay89 24 дні тому +35

      If you think it’s so easy start your own and you will be fucken humbled the first month 😂 it ain’t easy bruh trust me. I make bank now with my business, but it’s not easy and you either need connections or lots of money to invest. Hundreds of thousands to start up a legit business not some Amazon bullshit drop ship

    • @ECLECTRIC_EDITS
      @ECLECTRIC_EDITS 24 дні тому +2

      Genesis 3:17 To Adam he said, “Because you listened to your wife and ate fruit from the tree about which I commanded you, ‘You must not eat from it,’ “Cursed is the ground because of you; through painful toil you will eat food from it all the days of your life.
      Men must work, this is a direct command by God. If you do not work you are disobeying God, you will be more miserable if you do not work and disobey the Lord. If you work to honor God and keep this command then work will be a joy

    • @SeniorBillzy
      @SeniorBillzy 24 дні тому +12

      @@ECLECTRIC_EDITSBut why do we work for others? Why do we not create our own shelter and hunt our own food? Then we would be free from feeling like everything we do is so someone else can live better than us. We are working to give someone a feast when we scrounge for crumbs.
      Surely it would be better to live off of the land that God has provided us? Instead of destroying it with greed and poison?
      I think we are the equivalent of animals in a zoo. Stripped of our ability to survive outside of captivity. Our captivity is slavery under capitalism. Our education system is indoctrination and a stripping of our free-will and independent thinking.
      Our entire system is heading straight for a collapse. It is not sustainable, so you are telling me God wills that we work this way? Poisoning the ground that we walk with manufacturing waste, fully engulfed in greed, stripping of our free will?

  • @cokeman9135
    @cokeman9135 16 днів тому +511

    You’re a smart kid. Walked out on my job after 7 years. Work for myself now. Time is the biggest currency.

    • @BoxerDogs
      @BoxerDogs 16 днів тому +4

      What do you do?

    • @brettburnside1457
      @brettburnside1457 13 днів тому +3

      @@BoxerDogs he sells blow, duh! XD

    • @BlackRose369.
      @BlackRose369. 13 днів тому

      @@brettburnside1457 tax evasion is a growing interest of mine

    • @prezidenttrump5171
      @prezidenttrump5171 12 днів тому

      @@cokeman9135 Social media Admin..... LMFAO LMFAO LMFAO LMFAO LMFAO

    • @xJayAikox
      @xJayAikox 10 днів тому

      Factz

  • @justinreynolds7751
    @justinreynolds7751 24 дні тому +979

    I'll be 26 this year, "learning to suppress the feeling of wanting to die" couldn't be a more accurate description of the last 10 years of my working life.

    • @lamppuu1
      @lamppuu1 24 дні тому +30

      I used to be like that too. I was out of job for a while and realised having a stable income is much nicer than having time and not having money to do anything. Also i found a job i really enjoy (at least for now) and can see myself going far. The thing is that money isn't worth the same it used to be and one income isn't enough to pay for a house.. that's the sucky part. But I'd still rather have work stress compared to having money stress and thinking how am i able to eat every day.

    • @ECLECTRIC_EDITS
      @ECLECTRIC_EDITS 24 дні тому +4

      Genesis 3:17 To Adam he said, “Because you listened to your wife and ate fruit from the tree about which I commanded you, ‘You must not eat from it,’ “Cursed is the ground because of you; through painful toil you will eat food from it all the days of your life.
      Men must work, this is a direct command by God. If you do not work you are disobeying God, you will be more miserable if you do not work and disobey the Lord. If you work to honor God and keep this command then work will be a joy

    • @t8spy526
      @t8spy526 24 дні тому

      ​@ECLECTRIC_EDITS god doesn't exist, you're just another Animal on an insignificant planet

    • @liamcurran5612
      @liamcurran5612 24 дні тому +8

      Also turning 26, also been working 10 years, also don’t wanna do this anymore. Working, that is

    • @user-zq6yw6df8s
      @user-zq6yw6df8s 24 дні тому +6

      Bruh you can never win in working class must be some fucking magical dream

  • @michaeljode4350
    @michaeljode4350 2 місяці тому +1428

    Glad this generation is waking up to garbage corporations put people through

    • @kyleconnor2759
      @kyleconnor2759 Місяць тому +51

      Cool now what?

    • @TaylorZ2
      @TaylorZ2 Місяць тому +23

      i agree but how are young people going to support themselves long term? They won't be young forever.

    • @PincheGuey-gc2or
      @PincheGuey-gc2or Місяць тому +17

      ⁠@@TaylorZ2forever young I wanna be forever young do you really want to live forever and ever and everr

    • @Lolleka
      @Lolleka Місяць тому +5

      ​@@PincheGuey-gc2or
      "Can you imagine when this race is won
      Turn our golden faces into the sun
      Praising our leaders, we're getting in tune
      The music's played by the, the mad man"

    • @SolorockinOne
      @SolorockinOne Місяць тому +1

      @@kyleconnor2759Right.

  • @wordup897
    @wordup897 Місяць тому +1286

    "The thing is, Bob, it's not that I'm lazy, it's that I just don't care."
    My favorite flick of all times.

    • @MattAngiono
      @MattAngiono 29 днів тому +6

      @wordup897 "You're out of your element, Donnie!"

    • @respectkindness-oj6xz
      @respectkindness-oj6xz 26 днів тому +9

      laziness is not about doing nothing, but obtaining things through dishonest means detrimentally against others

    • @tuckerbugeater
      @tuckerbugeater 26 днів тому

      @@respectkindness-oj6xz you can't win either way. You're either a slave or a sucker.

    • @mrclaytron
      @mrclaytron 26 днів тому +5

      Peter! Whaaaat's happenin'?

    • @THEIDLESHOW
      @THEIDLESHOW 25 днів тому +11

      Should be an Oscar winning movie. The most relatable film in cinema history category. 🤣

  • @MRB96
    @MRB96 16 днів тому +823

    The fact that companies still want you to be in a physical cubicle for 8 hours a day and not a single hour less, it angers me

    • @KC-dg9pu
      @KC-dg9pu 16 днів тому +40

      WFH is making working alot more tolerable. Being in your home is far better than a cube

    • @MrMadmaggot
      @MrMadmaggot 15 днів тому +7

      Imagine being peruvian, here we work 11hrs from monday to saturday xdddddd

    • @weirdflex8158
      @weirdflex8158 15 днів тому +3

      Not all company's it's also on us to find a job we enjoy and that gives flexibility or start your own business

    • @geralldus
      @geralldus 15 днів тому +5

      It's your choice, start your own business on your terms or work for somebody else on their terms. Grow up and joint the real world!

    • @Drakeawake
      @Drakeawake 15 днів тому

      You say that like it's the easiest thing in the world​@@weirdflex8158

  • @karlmullen3052
    @karlmullen3052 25 днів тому +1332

    Back in the 60s you could work an average job anywhere and pay for a big house, a car, have a wife and 3 kids. Now you’re just lucky to rent a room in some places

    • @watamatafoyu
      @watamatafoyu 24 дні тому

      Yah, so what happened? All of those good times came after the Great Depression as a backlash with FDR's New Deal. Those policies have been slowly peeled back since the '70s with court cases and Reagan-esque policies that handed over power to big corporations and the rich at the expense of everyone else especially workers. Now it's hard to make a good living with two incomes, and there's more grocery mergers going on. Our country has lost its mind.

    • @ravf458
      @ravf458 23 дні тому

      That's why Gen Z doesn't want to work anymore than previous generations in the last 70 years, the social contract we were all promised has broken and there's very little incentive to want to spend 40+ years of your life slaving away for someone else

    • @BedfastSquid
      @BedfastSquid 23 дні тому +6

      Not true

    • @nard-o
      @nard-o 23 дні тому +85

      Al Bundy was a shoes salesman at the mall and he had two kids, a stay at home wife, dog, car, and a house. 🏠

    • @emperorpelican8187
      @emperorpelican8187 23 дні тому +5

      ahhh a stable income where i value to society in exchange for economic benfits

  • @yoonahkang7384
    @yoonahkang7384 Місяць тому +1733

    The worst part is that they dont even get angry about accepting their slavery

    • @nitevibe9886
      @nitevibe9886 Місяць тому +193

      Dealing with it is what makes people feel “adult”

    • @texasstar5
      @texasstar5 Місяць тому +114

      Exactly! I’ve had people tell me I’m complaining about.
      My thoughts are y’all to programmed to not complain about it.

    • @turtleanton6539
      @turtleanton6539 Місяць тому +2

      Yeeeh🎉

    • @chinesecrested9528
      @chinesecrested9528 Місяць тому +6

      @yoonahkang7384 The weird part is you always work for somebody unless your parents give you money.

    • @chinesecrested9528
      @chinesecrested9528 Місяць тому

      @nitevibe9886 dealing with it is what makes you an adult. Ask your parents. They raised you, they fed you, they maybe paid for your education. You always work for someone unless you are rich, and if so, you got the money from your parents. If you are a "UA-cam or an influencer", you whore yourself out to your audience. Once they get tired of you, your done. Hope you banked your millions in a good balanced mutual fund, pulling 9%. Then you can live off the interest if you had and gray matter.

  • @djuradjvujcic
    @djuradjvujcic Місяць тому +419

    I'm 31 (I live in Toronto) and remember feeling exactly like this at 21. Hold onto this feeling and don't forget it. Act on your gut instinct and listen to your inner self. Subscribed.

    • @bernardoj54
      @bernardoj54 Місяць тому +8

      You sure you're 31? Your pic looks like at least 45

    • @djuradjvujcic
      @djuradjvujcic Місяць тому +56

      ​@@bernardoj54 Instead of writing a mean comment to an internet stranger, you could have used that time to better your life in several different ways. Congratulations, you played yourself.

    • @bernardoj54
      @bernardoj54 Місяць тому +6

      @@djuradjvujcic I was complimenting you sir! Looking experienced is never a bad thing

    • @CraigHarris-uw9dr
      @CraigHarris-uw9dr Місяць тому +6

      Great advice​@@djuradjvujcic

    • @xiexiemoonie
      @xiexiemoonie Місяць тому +4

      You look like a papacito. Don't listen to them!

  • @dariush7525
    @dariush7525 13 днів тому +178

    I especially hate the toxic positivity in office jobs, it’s like you’re not allowed to voice any opinions without the fear of being fired. It’s like you’re expecting to be eternally grateful to your employer for the job despite its shortcomings all in the name of 'professionalism'

    • @JohnGrandline
      @JohnGrandline 12 днів тому +18

      Yup, its a cult

    • @JohnGrandline
      @JohnGrandline 12 днів тому +3

      Cyult

    • @GrantTodd-eh7ub
      @GrantTodd-eh7ub 11 днів тому +5

      "b-b-but we're family"

    • @VintageLimeade
      @VintageLimeade 8 днів тому +4

      I was horribly sexually harassed at work and being told that I should realize that it’s just the person’s character or to brush it off. This stuff is ridiculous what you can and cannot do anymore. F*** it

    • @silverbackheathen
      @silverbackheathen 6 днів тому +3

      @@GrantTodd-eh7ub "b-b-but we are not" is what I tell them. I have learned to go in, do my time, when I go through the second turnstile, they are no longer a thought just like we are to them.

  • @user-my8bb6nc1x
    @user-my8bb6nc1x Місяць тому +1449

    I'm in my 50's and I've never been loyal to an employer. When I was young, that was viewed as being anti social, workshy, lazy. Now it's how most people feel.

    • @jurnoss
      @jurnoss Місяць тому +67

      glad to know you still have ur dignity

    • @GameFuMaster
      @GameFuMaster Місяць тому +135

      never be loyal to an employer, always be loyal to money. If companies can't offer job security, then you don't offer loyalty

    • @texasgent4694
      @texasgent4694 Місяць тому +73

      ​@@GameFuMasterYeah at the end of the day these people are your bosses, they are NOT your friends

    • @burtonl7239
      @burtonl7239 Місяць тому +3

      Nah, it’s just you.

    • @TMeyer-ge5pj
      @TMeyer-ge5pj Місяць тому +52

      My dad was like this. He has basically been quiet quitting since the 90s

  • @happilieverholli9994
    @happilieverholli9994 Місяць тому +1420

    It’s why I DoorDash. I literally cannot stand being in an office for 8 hours a day. The lingo, the sad lunches, the gossip and the bullies who never left their high school mind set. I’ve heard the only way to beat the matrix is to be rich or be homeless.

    • @TMeyer-ge5pj
      @TMeyer-ge5pj Місяць тому +57

      I'm feeling this way too. I do not do doordash, but maybe I should.

    • @VicDamoneJr82
      @VicDamoneJr82 Місяць тому +32

      Don’t liquidate your car

    • @rawcoustic1718
      @rawcoustic1718 Місяць тому +47

      Im doing this too and theyre easy with vacations here. I feel so free. At the same time im focusing on escaping wage slavery.

    • @kimjackson557
      @kimjackson557 Місяць тому +39

      Or try remote work

    • @happilieverholli9994
      @happilieverholli9994 Місяць тому +9

      @@kimjackson557 yes

  • @lisamorris7019
    @lisamorris7019 Місяць тому +1221

    Slaving away for someone else SUCKS!!!!! !!! Not worth it!

    • @davidsantos8004
      @davidsantos8004 Місяць тому +8

      YAP

    • @mrs.camillewarrenempress3115
      @mrs.camillewarrenempress3115 Місяць тому +38

      Yep i through the same 17 job application and 5 interviews this society is dumb

    • @mechamicro
      @mechamicro Місяць тому +30

      No money = homeless hittin hard

    • @charrua59
      @charrua59 Місяць тому

      When it rains, it pours They got money for wars but can't feed the poor - 2 pac

    • @Genjutsu238
      @Genjutsu238 Місяць тому +18

      Unfortunately, they work until they retire before they can enjoy their youth...

  • @mr.mayhem1975
    @mr.mayhem1975 16 днів тому +193

    People who have given all their lives to companies have no concept of free time above that 2 weeks their employer 'gives' them. WORK FOR YOURSELF. Companies are literally prisons.

    • @KangJangkrik
      @KangJangkrik 14 днів тому +6

      Then when you hire some talents because of growing demands, you're making a prison lol

    • @theapexfighter8741
      @theapexfighter8741 13 днів тому +8

      @@KangJangkrikthe. Don’t “hire” them. Partner with them.

    • @KangJangkrik
      @KangJangkrik 13 днів тому +5

      @@theapexfighter8741 yeah... you can do collab with someone. In reality, it's really hard to keep them persistent and that's the reason why "employer" ended up looking for someone who need a "stable" job

    • @fabrizioalonzi4122
      @fabrizioalonzi4122 13 днів тому +2

      ​@@theapexfighter8741 Don't hire them. Pay them "under the table" 😅😅😅😅😅

    • @h2woah127
      @h2woah127 12 днів тому +1

      Easier said than done

  • @Plasmapicklebob
    @Plasmapicklebob 23 дні тому +619

    It is so unbelievably refreshing to hear that i’m not the only young adult feeling like I’m being fleeced like a sheep.

    • @abolisher
      @abolisher 21 день тому +3

      @@Plasmapicklebob so what are you going to do about it other than complain online which solves nothing.

    • @bosthebozo5273
      @bosthebozo5273 20 днів тому +1

      Listen to the Friends theme, and welcome to adulthood!

    • @FantomMisfit
      @FantomMisfit 20 днів тому +21

      @@abolisher Quit working and be a drain on the economy, it's what I did :P

    • @mamacitaandkaty
      @mamacitaandkaty 18 днів тому

      same here

    • @fk3239
      @fk3239 17 днів тому +2

      @@abolisher When did they say complaining was a solution? It's just venting dude

  • @hellygeer
    @hellygeer Місяць тому +291

    Worked in offices for 40 years. I finally quit a year ago. I understand your perspective - and you're not wrong! I hope your whole generation figures this out like you did. The coworker is instructing you on how to dissociate to bear what is unbearable to our psyches.

    • @mattruffner2463
      @mattruffner2463 29 днів тому

      you paid your dues you ever notice the track record kids want everything handed to them in a week.
      all these idots crying the blues on youtube are the problem. i hope you also understand social security and how that works!

    • @voiceofomiej7722
      @voiceofomiej7722 25 днів тому +2

      🙂🥱

    • @ECLECTRIC_EDITS
      @ECLECTRIC_EDITS 24 дні тому

      Genesis 3:17 To Adam he said, “Because you listened to your wife and ate fruit from the tree about which I commanded you, ‘You must not eat from it,’ “Cursed is the ground because of you; through painful toil you will eat food from it all the days of your life.
      Men must work, this is a direct command by God. If you do not work you are disobeying God, you will be more miserable if you do not work and disobey the Lord. If you work to honor God and keep this command then work will be a joy

    • @ዓካስ
      @ዓካስ 19 днів тому +1

      He should say that if he is not caming from hard earned or rich family so we can agree with him i don’t agree with him at all here you are saying you have worked 40 years in office (office) I guess at least you have something to back up so 😂😂😂😂

    • @ethangowen
      @ethangowen 18 днів тому

      @@ECLECTRIC_EDITSyou don’t have to work in an office. Self-employment is hard work.

  • @springnicole
    @springnicole 24 дні тому +357

    “I don’t care about money. I want time” you just echoed the sentiments of so many.

    • @Joe_334
      @Joe_334 20 днів тому +7

      This is usually how they get people. Especially these trucking companies. They go on and on about the pay, and almost nothing about the home time, or how any of the trucks are being maintained.

    • @ibrahimelmi210
      @ibrahimelmi210 20 днів тому +2

      working a cushy 9-5 is no problem at all. its boring and not ideal, but saying you'd rather unalive yourself then work an easy jobs while people in other countries die for a chance to make $2 a day. even others in developed are working labor jobs breaking their back. and 99% of people throughout history had it harder. you guys need to stop being ungrateful. if you dont want your cushy easy job where you dont break a sweat, hand it over to the indian that is willing to do it, or the unemployed people that dont know how they will pay their bills.
      Working for yourself is great but you will absolutely be trading time for money still. and probably alot more time.

    • @naderm.7701
      @naderm.7701 19 днів тому +4

      @@ibrahimelmi210 people need to work physical labour to see how lucky they are in a office chair

    • @ibrahimelmi210
      @ibrahimelmi210 19 днів тому +4

      @@naderm.7701 facts bro. im from africa where there is no jobs at all for most young men. thats real struggle

    • @redrustyhill2
      @redrustyhill2 18 днів тому

      Time for what, to be lazy hedonists?

  • @JEN-uh-fer
    @JEN-uh-fer 7 днів тому +47

    You’re telling people to quit their 9-5 jobs but if you open up your own business, you’ll hire people to work 8 hours a day to keep your business running.

    • @Borg746
      @Borg746 4 дні тому +3

      Or 10 to 12 hours 😂

    • @lgbtthefeministgamer4039
      @lgbtthefeministgamer4039 4 дні тому +4

      why... why are you assuming he's going to open his own business? o.o what in le video made you think that? *is teh confuzzled*

    • @drbs2850
      @drbs2850 4 дні тому +2

      In other words, become the villain

    • @Dekutard
      @Dekutard 3 дні тому

      yeah. at least that way you’re the one whose dreams get to come true instead of the employees.

    • @Ninniii45
      @Ninniii45 День тому +3

      Running a business is not the only other way to earn

  • @nicholeseverson5951
    @nicholeseverson5951 Місяць тому +266

    You’ve unlocked the secret to happiness! Time is way more valuable than money!

    • @shortswarrior69
      @shortswarrior69 22 дні тому +3

      Money is stored time and energy its the same thing

    • @Grovelaar
      @Grovelaar 16 днів тому +2

      @@shortswarrior69I think you’re technically right, but having time when you have a serviceable body is priceless

  • @affamus515
    @affamus515 Місяць тому +741

    I'm 37 and feel the same since first years of school. They made this world a prison.

    • @elizabethrosa8668
      @elizabethrosa8668 Місяць тому +14

      Same

    • @KanyeKetchup
      @KanyeKetchup Місяць тому

      Australia is the best

    • @easiersaidwithmeg
      @easiersaidwithmeg Місяць тому +21

      @@KanyeKetchuppeople don’t work there ?

    • @shawnbruce6934
      @shawnbruce6934 Місяць тому +11

      I'm 58 I've been in prison a lot longer. I'm ready to just bail.

    • @oliviastar3812
      @oliviastar3812 Місяць тому

      It's why so many office workers become jobsworth sorts full of pettiness and apathy.

  • @BrisaRuiva
    @BrisaRuiva 22 дні тому +259

    I rather make way less money than having to work a 9-5. Having freedom to work from anywhere in the world and do things when u feel like is priceless.

    • @rogergeyer9851
      @rogergeyer9851 15 днів тому +6

      That's FINE until you start claiming you have a right to the earnings of others because you're "poor".

    • @marger9713
      @marger9713 15 днів тому +1

      yeah idk how thats possible without being homeless ..

    • @BrisaRuiva
      @BrisaRuiva 14 днів тому

      @@rogergeyer9851 i never did that. I never received any money from the government or anything. I have my own company and I make more money than 80% of people in my country lol 😂

    • @BrisaRuiva
      @BrisaRuiva 14 днів тому +1

      @@marger9713 I was never homeless

    • @marger9713
      @marger9713 14 днів тому

      @@BrisaRuiva so other than owning your own income, how else are you paying rent w out a 9-5? And what state lmao bc you'll die here in Cali if you don't own your own business or work a 9-5.

  • @harrymcaward8131
    @harrymcaward8131 16 днів тому +97

    Im 23 and completely in the same boat. Ive been breaking my body welding and doing construction since age 18. Compared to your IT work i have at least been learning and mastering trades i can use to make my own business, but a year ago today i got my first fun job. I went all in like you and traveled (not far) to be a white water guide in Pennsylvania. While there i decided to get a job teaching people how to ski which was a blast and i met so many people that think like you and i. Now im back home (in NY) and i got offered a position as a ski instructor at Copper mountain in Colorado! Do i have family and connections there? No. But will i make it? Absolutely. By all means necessary AVOID BECOMING A CORPORATE SLAVE!!! You got this Shawn!! Thanks for the inspiring video!

    • @qbikmusik
      @qbikmusik 10 днів тому

      Right on bro, hope it works out!

    • @BigSarnt
      @BigSarnt 7 днів тому +1

      Quite frankly, that's the difference between most people that complain about work and you. You had challenging jobs but trades work bring a different type of personal development. You're always learning something new and often run into challenging, or at least different, situations that will exercise your skillset and cause you to grow. Furthermore, it helps with understanding tools, applied math, physics, and even chemistry (concrete). You develop critical thinking skills as well as a hardened demeanor (because, ya know, tradesman lol). These are things white collared workers will never understand or obtain; It's considered "manual labor" or "not as good" but are willing to work a job they hate because it's not physically challenging. You're on a whole different plane from most people in the comment section.

  • @Jvizzlezz
    @Jvizzlezz 19 днів тому +227

    I almost drowned when I was a teenager, and years later I had an incident that also almost led to my death, and I completely understand how you feel. I wake up at 6 AM and get home after 6 PM, feeling drained and exhausted. I have no energy or time to do anything, no motivation. I feel like garbage every day and my only hope is that I can get prescribed an upper so that I can just make it through the day -- a day I don't want to even be going through.
    This is where my has gone to? I dreamed of so many things. I wanted to "MAKE IT", and I did. All of the promises I set out for myself, I accomplished all of them, and now I've got a cushy job where I make a ton of money and have benefits and etc.. yet I cannot wait to get out. I've only been at this job for about a year but I dread every day. I am so tired and so mentally drained, I drive home at the end of the day worrying that I will not even be able to stay awake to make it home. It is not just depressing and hopeless -- IT IS DANGEROUS!
    I can't take it anymore, but I don't know where else to go. I accomplished everything I wanted to and became the man that I dreamed of becoming, but now here I sit rotting away in an office for 12 hours a day... for WHAT?What the f*** do I get out of it? What is even the point? 75% of the stuff I do I could just do from home. That alone would give me time for myself. If we all worked 1 fewer day per week, we would all accomplish roughly the same amount of work by the end of the week because we'd all be more well rested and happy. Employers are finding that the LESS they work their employees, the MORE productive they are!!! Please, America, take the hint... I am sick of this. Everyone is...

    • @weirdflex8158
      @weirdflex8158 15 днів тому +4

      Try to get a remote job I guess or hybrid? Which field do you work in

    • @SecretplaceintheGlory
      @SecretplaceintheGlory 10 днів тому

      May you find true rest, in the name of Jesus. Amen

  • @troygayle3003
    @troygayle3003 23 дні тому +206

    I’m with you brother. I’m a lawyer who used to work for a firm making over $100K, but decided to leave and start my own firm making a fraction of what I used to make, but now I control how I spend my time and guess what…. I wouldn’t trade it for the world. Making much less and building upward is E-V-E-R-Y-thing. Control your time mate, go build your own dream.

    • @ValterBIG
      @ValterBIG 20 днів тому

      Hi mate I’m an economic students interested in online marketing. I’m studying some McKinsey courses and searching opportunities to help some businesses to build a portfolio of successful cases; would you be one of them? :)

    • @jaybrown7811
      @jaybrown7811 17 днів тому +1

      It's okay to leave when you've already made 100K a year before a young person that hasn't even started making anything

    • @optimistprime2751
      @optimistprime2751 16 днів тому

      "A fraction" you still make tons of money because you went to school for a degree.

  • @YerMate
    @YerMate 2 місяці тому +644

    Not even just 9-5, dead end jobs in general. I've been working since I was 13, I'm now 25. For what? What have I got to show for it? My entire life is surviving the grind to make someone else richer. We've been convinced this is the best we can do as a species. And why? Money. I've been saying I'm going to quit my current job for over a year... But for what? Another dead end job? Where they continue to cut down on wages while profits skyrocket to all time highs. I've got qualifications, where have they gotten me? Work or eat shit and die. Freedom baby!

    • @ShawnDesilets
      @ShawnDesilets  2 місяці тому +79

      Freeeedom!!!!

    • @YerMate
      @YerMate 2 місяці тому +83

      @@ShawnDesilets freedom mate, this broken system cant last, it's already cracking.
      We're living in the information age, we've got the advantage of knowledge and our ability to access it.
      I spend most evenings teaching myself new skills online. DIY is a great way to stick it to big corporations. It's a great distraction from the doom as well lol.
      Stay strong mate, feeling your struggle down the creek, much love from Australia.

    • @MoistyZX
      @MoistyZX 2 місяці тому +45

      Ngl if you've been working since your 13 and you have no money, chances are you have bad spending habits.

    • @brock2273
      @brock2273 2 місяці тому +6

      Start a business then brother

    • @YerMate
      @YerMate 2 місяці тому

      @@brock2273 that's the plan matey

  • @ĐinhThanhĐạm
    @ĐinhThanhĐạm 10 днів тому +1162

    the fact that nobody talks about the book called "arab money secrets" speaks volumes about how people are stuck in a trance

    • @Abdullah_the_Palestinian
      @Abdullah_the_Palestinian 9 днів тому +7

      Elaborate

    • @har.19
      @har.19 9 днів тому +5

      No one talks about it because it's shit

    • @arunmusic26
      @arunmusic26 8 днів тому

      @@har.19 no hate man, but with the same logic, are you shit as well because nobody talks about you? Of course not.

    • @AratakiBullPowerSiddo1
      @AratakiBullPowerSiddo1 8 днів тому +2

      What's it about ?

    • @MrFishyEater
      @MrFishyEater 4 дні тому +3

      Does it involve getting lucky and finding oil underneath your backyard?

  • @ericd.8054
    @ericd.8054 Місяць тому +204

    "He lived in an economy where he could afford a house, and we can't do that..."
    5:36 💀😭 Preach! 🥹

  • @Talkwithtina808
    @Talkwithtina808 Місяць тому +184

    The problem with these companies is that they don’t care about their employees. They refuse to pay a livable wage.

    • @whiteyfisk9769
      @whiteyfisk9769 24 дні тому

      Exactly. They take more and more and expect us to get by on less and less and then wonder why nobody wants to work anymore?? Wow ill be darned. Make it worth it again, make it so people can live on their income, you know, like how things were even 15 years ago. Their greed knows no bounds.

    • @phoenixrising2231
      @phoenixrising2231 24 дні тому +3

      And, too, are enabled and backed to do so - in the, "land of the free!" 😵
      The cognitive dissonance of many/ most is ABSOLUTELY UNFATHOMABLY - DISTURBING!!! 💯

    • @ECLECTRIC_EDITS
      @ECLECTRIC_EDITS 24 дні тому +1

      Genesis 3:17 To Adam he said, “Because you listened to your wife and ate fruit from the tree about which I commanded you, ‘You must not eat from it,’ “Cursed is the ground because of you; through painful toil you will eat food from it all the days of your life.
      Men must work, this is a direct command by God. If you do not work you are disobeying God, you will be more miserable if you do not work and disobey the Lord. If you work to honor God and keep this command then work will be a joy

    • @ECLECTRIC_EDITS
      @ECLECTRIC_EDITS 24 дні тому

      Women dont have to work though. Im an advocate for women not working, the hardest job a women has is, well, being a women...

    • @SeniorBillzy
      @SeniorBillzy 24 дні тому

      We are like animals bred into captivity. Stripped of the power to provide for ourselves without the oppression of our “owners”.
      Our longing for our own business is just deep feelings drawing us towards our natural state of self-reliance outside of this system.
      Our country is $35 trillion dollars in debt last year, up from $23 trillion in 2019. The only thing keeping our country afloat is the ability to print money and take loans we will never pay back. The working class is the fuel to keep this circus firing burning. The money is fake, the food is fake, the economy is fake. We are in a virtual reality that is destined for self-destruction

  • @joshschandoney5045
    @joshschandoney5045 Місяць тому +608

    Only a Canadian could rant with such a Pleasant tone and demeanor about something as dark as suicide and the bleakness of a 9 to 5 office job!!!

    • @1400hpnextgen7
      @1400hpnextgen7 Місяць тому +6

      It makes perfect sense though.

    • @RyzenZegend
      @RyzenZegend Місяць тому +6

      It's pure Nonsense. Not being able to offer someone a Pepsi is ridiculous!
      Let that sink in for a minute.......

    • @measlesplease1266
      @measlesplease1266 Місяць тому +7

      They're some of the most petty people behind the facade. Maybe not this guy, but lots are.

    • @EnnVee959
      @EnnVee959 Місяць тому +5

      Your statement is logical. We rely on government services and benefits. That reliance shapes the thinking of people like the video commenter.

    • @patriciavandevelde5469
      @patriciavandevelde5469 Місяць тому +10

      Life sucks and is pointless!

  • @mywayorthehighwayking1356
    @mywayorthehighwayking1356 11 днів тому +23

    8 hours of work is slavery .

  • @joeyzoom24
    @joeyzoom24 Місяць тому +189

    This guy GETS IT!!!! Life is not meant to be lived slaving away at a 9-5 job until you are fucking dead or too damn old to enjoy LIVING!!!! I hope this guy finds his path and succeeds financially and on all aspects of life -- because there is way more to LIVING than money, and as a Nurse I can guarantee you one thing -- not one patient that I have ever seen die in front of me, takes their money with them. BOOMZOOM.

    • @MattAngiono
      @MattAngiono 29 днів тому

      The only way is to change the system.
      It's psychotic.
      Anyone who finds success in this system only does so because there are hundreds of others who are essentially slaves

    • @whiteyfisk9769
      @whiteyfisk9769 24 дні тому

      Cool it with the antisemitism. How dare you not be enslaved

    • @Documentts
      @Documentts 24 дні тому +6

      I don’t enjoy 9-5 working but how else do I survive and make a living

    • @ECLECTRIC_EDITS
      @ECLECTRIC_EDITS 24 дні тому +1

      Genesis 3:17 To Adam he said, “Because you listened to your wife and ate fruit from the tree about which I commanded you, ‘You must not eat from it,’ “Cursed is the ground because of you; through painful toil you will eat food from it all the days of your life.
      Men must work, this is a direct command by God. If you do not work you are disobeying God, you will be more miserable if you do not work and disobey the Lord. If you work to honor God and keep this command then work will be a joy

    • @whiteyfisk9769
      @whiteyfisk9769 24 дні тому +6

      @@ECLECTRIC_EDITS you are conflating working with wage slaving for currency they are VERY different things. Nobody here doesnt wanna work, but we're not gonna be enslaved quietly. Even the Jesus said if you can get your freedom to do so

  • @CornRecords972
    @CornRecords972 21 день тому +219

    27 here. Couldn't work for years due to a traumatic brain injury. Finally got expensive experimental neuro-therapy at 25 and thought I could finally be a productive person. Hold a job. Take care of myself. I quit my job literally yesterday. Buying a sailboat. Going to live off grid on the water. Only money I'll need is for food. I can get my own power, my own water, and use my cellular for internet. I'm never touching foot in a 'workplace' again. So weird to be chasing something for over a decade only to realize it's a facade made of lies.

    • @idajay7838
      @idajay7838 18 днів тому +11

      That's awesome, best of luck to you!

    • @redrustyhill2
      @redrustyhill2 18 днів тому +14

      If it floats, flies, or has tits, it will cost money. What TF you going to do when maintenance is needed? Repairs are not cheap

    • @user-dm1sd7fz2b
      @user-dm1sd7fz2b 18 днів тому +10

      ​@@redrustyhill2Haha thought the same thing. Like it would be better to live in a van, than a sailboat, because the maintenance for boats is very expensive (I don't have a boat, I just heard so😂)

    • @txkis4032
      @txkis4032 18 днів тому +1

      Life is all about survivability, we are just interacting with different kinds of external stimuli which are empowered by our consciousness and motivation.

    • @CornRecords972
      @CornRecords972 17 днів тому +11

      @@redrustyhill2 If you don't know how to do the repairs yourself. I'm buying a fiberglass boat. Something both affordable, and that I know how to repair. I'm going for a diesel engine, on the smaller side. Something I know how to repair. Ropes and cord I know how to audit from my mountain climbing days. The most 'expensive' thing will be dry docking to do repairs. Which can be saved for with a remote job or a temporary part time, or even just alternative income if I'm fortunate enough to get something like that. It's much more attainable than say, getting a house.

  • @blazonbyrd5996
    @blazonbyrd5996 Місяць тому +455

    Shawn, take it from a 56 year old man. Don't let anyone tell you that you're lazy. You're a Critical Thinker and can see the American (Canadian) dream is just that - a dream. Well done, bro.

    • @shawnbruce6934
      @shawnbruce6934 Місяць тому

      Fuck Boomers with their Bullshit. This Kid gets it.

    • @improvisedsurvival5967
      @improvisedsurvival5967 Місяць тому +1

      Complaining won’t change reality. He’s struggling to cope and I’m laughing at how pathetic and weak he is.

    • @blazonbyrd5996
      @blazonbyrd5996 Місяць тому +25

      @@improvisedsurvival5967 .. and I'm laughing at the bots like you.

    • @brianvent3043
      @brianvent3043 Місяць тому +2

      You have to be asleep to enjoy it

    • @improvisedsurvival5967
      @improvisedsurvival5967 Місяць тому +1

      I know for a fact if you bust your ass you will eventually come ahead. I’m proof of it. Got all my shit hard way. It is possible if you’re not a weak complainer. Not everyone gets a basketball contract some people are gonna earn their shit

  • @andyroobrick-a-brack9355
    @andyroobrick-a-brack9355 17 днів тому +40

    I remember going to a meeting in Walmart. I work there as a stocker. The actual job isn't that bad. But I remember going to a meeting that was being held, where we were prompted to voice our concerns. I kid you not, every single complaint was met with some variant of "we can't change that." From "we need to train every person on how to use the cardboard compactor," to "we need more space in the backroom," all were met with some cleverly reworked version of "nope, sorry, that's too much." It didn't feel like upper management trying ti reach out. It felt like upper management trying to quell dissenting opinions.

  • @Katsumato0
    @Katsumato0 2 місяці тому +783

    I'm in my 40's and still feel this way.

    • @johnm.7621
      @johnm.7621 Місяць тому +35

      And you're still working 9-5 to not become homeless. 🤡

    • @jeremymorrison263
      @jeremymorrison263 Місяць тому +24

      Same! So when do we revolt?

    • @nicholasbroadhurst9096
      @nicholasbroadhurst9096 Місяць тому +5

      Against what? They don’t owe us money…

    • @benjismith593
      @benjismith593 Місяць тому +12

      Same. My house n cars are paid off. I work to pay bills, and have spending money. Tried to work part-time, and my boss said "no". So I now come in, and basically sports gamble on the clock. I make half a day's wages gambling on average.

    • @sebikelifeusvetparatrooper
      @sebikelifeusvetparatrooper Місяць тому +3

      ​@johnm.7621 We got BEEF bro.

  • @RealDude0o191
    @RealDude0o191 Місяць тому +204

    "You have to do this"
    Just hearing that sent shivers down my spine

    • @phoenixbyrd79
      @phoenixbyrd79 Місяць тому +1

      Famous quote Obama said to Biden in the 2016 election.

    • @Trome1200
      @Trome1200 Місяць тому +1

      ​@@phoenixbyrd79 Actually he said "You DON'T have to do this Joe!" -Barack Obama

  • @Emma-og2jt
    @Emma-og2jt 23 дні тому +180

    I said 'I’d rather die than work a 9-5' when I was 15 and that was in 1970. I am now retired and still think the same way. Good for you for rebelling against this slavery. Great video!! Wishing you all the best for the future.

    • @abolisher
      @abolisher 21 день тому

      @@Emma-og2jt you are just lazy boomer the economy was a walk in the park back then now it’s like walking through Hell with a tornado earthquake and firestorm all at once.

    • @ibrahimelmi210
      @ibrahimelmi210 20 днів тому +4

      working a cushy 9-5 is no problem at all. its boring and not ideal, but saying you'd rather unalive yourself then work an cushy office jobs while people in other countries die for a chance to make $2 a day. even others in developed are working labor jobs breaking their back. and 99% of people throughout history had it harder. you guys need to stop being ungrateful. if you dont want your cushy easy job where you dont break a sweat, hand it over to the indian that is willing to do it, or the unemployed people that dont know how they will pay their bills.
      Working for yourself is great but you will absolutely be trading time for money still. and probably alot more time.

    • @Emma-og2jt
      @Emma-og2jt 19 днів тому

      @@ibrahimelmi210 Its a case of living a simple, minimalistic lifestyle while finding a job you love that is not like a job. I found this after sheer hard work studying at university. I was, however, lucky enough to get a grant which meant no study debt.

    • @ibrahimelmi210
      @ibrahimelmi210 19 днів тому +7

      @@Emma-og2jt I respect that. you put in the work and living minimalistic. the kid in the video saying that he would unalive himself rather than work 8 hours doing IT work. I cant respect that. He thinks he will get rich in business which is much harder and sometimes you wont make a dime for years. so if he already lacks work ethic i doubt he will get there. and on top that he acts like hes better than his coworkers who have "accepted mediocrity" when he is really no better than them. he cant even hold down the job that they do without mentally breaking down but thinks hes better.

    • @Emma-og2jt
      @Emma-og2jt 18 днів тому +1

      @@ibrahimelmi210 I would say that it is really difficult for many people to find out what they want to do in life, i.e. finding their passion. That can take time. Once you find your passion, you can work towards that and try to achieve your goal in any way you can. I also studied online to get my masters but it was fun because I enjoyed what I was learning.

  • @smanea
    @smanea 12 днів тому +17

    This is such a breath of fresh air! I'm so tired of people expecting us to follow traditional paths when in reality there are so many possibilities out there. Great video!

    • @SupremeFree
      @SupremeFree 8 днів тому

      I HAVE to remind myself of this OFTEN. I tell myself there's literally 100's of millions of ways to generate income without selling your life to some company. If they could after we are all gone they would start over with each one of our kids...... THEIR kids even.

  • @SedgeHermit
    @SedgeHermit Місяць тому +259

    The Office Space is secretly the actually most socially impactful film of all time. There are true stories of people who work 9-5 watching that film and then quitting their jobs, and it made me work way less hard at my job, and my co-workers have corroborated that it has made them work way less hard. Movies almost ever actually result in real action.

    • @MattAngiono
      @MattAngiono 29 днів тому +20

      @SedgeHermit yeah, it's too bad more young people likely haven't seen it.
      If only we all rejected this system simultaneously.
      They couldn't handle it if we did

    • @ninjesus4079
      @ninjesus4079 26 днів тому +4

      together with Idiocracy (both from Mike Judge)

  • @darrellthompson6085
    @darrellthompson6085 Місяць тому +193

    You have a great and rare mentality, don't give up on your dreams. Your coworkers are already dead on the inside, their dreams are dead, they've given up.

    • @ShawnDesilets
      @ShawnDesilets  Місяць тому +20

      Yep! There’s no reason not to try!

    • @mattw4496
      @mattw4496 21 годину тому

      It's not rare. Every other person his age are making UA-cam videos like this.

  • @charlesbroderick5030
    @charlesbroderick5030 18 днів тому +145

    I understand how this man feels
    It’s like Groundhog Day every day
    No differences in between the days they all start the blend

    • @plutoplatters
      @plutoplatters 16 днів тому

      It's groundhog day EVERY day even after retirement just like when working. Actually its MORE groundhog retired.

    • @charlesbroderick5030
      @charlesbroderick5030 16 днів тому +2

      @@plutoplatters how is that even possible you have all the time in the world to do whatever you want

    • @EricNoneless
      @EricNoneless 15 днів тому +1

      This blend in our brains make an year seem like a month in our memories. It's really sad. It's been almost 2 years that I'm working like that and probably soon I will get out, I'm done with it.

  • @MarieAnnAdae
    @MarieAnnAdae 17 днів тому +56

    I resonate with this so deeply. Been working at a firm for the past 7 months. It's a long internship, and I don't even get paid. 8-5. I feel unfulfilled, tired and sad most days. I've asked myself countless times, "Is this what I'm going to do till I'm 65?". I dread the thought. And my body tells me it's not happy in this environment. Headaches, stomach issues. I don't understand why I have to feel guilty for requesting sick leave to treat health problems that are stress related. I hate this.

    • @tenten8401
      @tenten8401 16 днів тому +8

      Feeling guilty for requesting sick leave is the worst, I hate the guilt employers push onto you for something as simple as maintaining your body

    • @thearcanamodernau8130
      @thearcanamodernau8130 14 днів тому +8

      Unpaid internships should be illegal. I hope you can get out of that bad situation and find a life you feel much better in

    • @WorldKeepsSpinnin
      @WorldKeepsSpinnin 8 днів тому

      Maybe back in the day, when you really could chase your dreams while working doing that unemployed but chasing a music career (trope u often see in movies) would be considered a dumb thing to do. But nowadays i think its the only way to go. to stay sane

  • @captainholy1558
    @captainholy1558 Місяць тому +147

    Reminds me when these workers would brag about how hard they work, and that's the only thing they can show while having a hunch back and taking painkillers to cope with the physical labor they do. The thing that I question is why is no one is asking question of "why are we suppose to be used to working long hours for a lil bit of pay like the previous generation?". We are expected to work like slaves and when we complain, they call us lazy and entitled when we just want a fair wage for a staggering economy but even though the company made record profits they still can't pay their employee a fair wage.

    • @1400hpnextgen7
      @1400hpnextgen7 Місяць тому +17

      It’s called Stockholm syndrome. Globally.

    • @Madxmanix
      @Madxmanix Місяць тому +1

      Greed!

    • @AnonymousReturns333
      @AnonymousReturns333 Місяць тому +8

      @@captainholy1558 bragging about being a wage slave is next level stupidity

    • @captainholy1558
      @captainholy1558 Місяць тому +6

      @@AnonymousReturns333 Its peak stupidity

    • @improvisedsurvival5967
      @improvisedsurvival5967 Місяць тому

      Your generation gotta pay your dues. Why should older workers work long hours anymore when younger didn’t pay their dues yet. Find a better way if you can I suppose

  • @annknower4603
    @annknower4603 Місяць тому +121

    Congratulations on being a leader not a follower. I could never do the 9-5 thing either. I work three 12 hour days right now to pay my bills and that is way better than 9-5 five days a week! As an introvert I need lots of time for myself or I get extremely run down. You are an intelligent free thinker and if other people criticize you, they are jealous and wish they had the courage to be their own captain.

    • @ownage8742
      @ownage8742 23 дні тому

      You are still a follower

    • @SnowRabbit-bq5yc
      @SnowRabbit-bq5yc 23 дні тому +3

      ​@@ownage8742 I'd consider not having to work a full week every single day is a bonus regardless

    • @hatezomm
      @hatezomm 23 дні тому +1

      @@SnowRabbit-bq5ycit’s basically the same thing though, 36 hours to 40

    • @wadub2519
      @wadub2519 23 дні тому +1

      ​@@hatezomm Of course it is lol, but he is not working a full week that's the point.

    • @ownage8742
      @ownage8742 22 дні тому

      @@SnowRabbit-bq5yc you spend the same time behind bars my guy

  • @corbindallas1954
    @corbindallas1954 Місяць тому +422

    Got that full on Dahmer drip 😂

    • @adamaunya69
      @adamaunya69 Місяць тому +17

      Yooooooo🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @TheStarInYou
      @TheStarInYou Місяць тому +6

      Omg lol

    • @Trome1200
      @Trome1200 Місяць тому +17

      I wouldn't even blame this guy if he went full Dahmer mode.

    • @__-tz6xx
      @__-tz6xx Місяць тому +1

      Guy wears normal clothes. Some dumbass "Got that full on Dahmer drip" what a tool.

    • @CassiusOvO
      @CassiusOvO Місяць тому +8

      ​@@Trome1200FBI keep an eye on this one...

  • @GreaseyGuy
    @GreaseyGuy 16 днів тому +91

    Holy capitalism. As someone who works in a deli currently, i hate it. my coworker turned to me and said “i dont care about skin color, i dont care about gender, do not make this your entire life. Make something of yourself.” And she made me promise i would. I literally have nothing but respect for you and hope i can see you thrive as much as i want to see myself thrive. Much love big man❤

    • @marc-andrejobin7376
      @marc-andrejobin7376 16 днів тому +4

      What makes you other systems like socialism or communism (like the one we now have, but it's been disguised) are better?

    • @ltsEternall
      @ltsEternall 15 днів тому +7

      Capitalism isn’t the issue. The issue is people who blame the countries problems on the system. Reality is, we are focusing on all the wrong things. Instead of worrying about these things, we are more worried about letting a trans man play sports with women, and all this other super super irrelevant nonsense

    • @doofsdoofs
      @doofsdoofs 13 днів тому +2

      such a weird thing to put that race/sex thing beforehand

    • @Perceval777
      @Perceval777 10 днів тому

      Socialism and communism aren't any better - there you have literal slavery in labour camps and concentration camps. Also, no salary raises or bonuses and no appreciation of personal merit and achievement.

    • @mattw4496
      @mattw4496 21 годину тому

      @@doofsdoofs Thank you. Totally out of context.

  • @LilyMoonlightDS
    @LilyMoonlightDS Місяць тому +249

    Wanna say something. We have a company in Europe. My sibling and me. After many years, we were able to save as much money as we wanted. We bought houses cars etc. And I thought, We don't need any more money. Why don't we give our employees more time off? Why don't we reduce working hours? We won't make any losses anyway. So we did it. We reduced it to 6 hours. We also increased their annual vacation. The funny thing was that production increased. Everyone was happier, they were doing their jobs much better.
    I believe this. In the future, even those selfish bosses will realize that this is better for both the employees and themselves. But we need some time. In the past, there weren't even days off. Everything is better now than before and will get better with time.
    I know it's hard to work right now. My advice to you is to save yourself. Never be a pessimist. Do not distress yourself. Things get better by the time.
    Of course, I don't know your situation as well as you do. I don't live in America. You are more knowledgeable on this subject, I'm just trying to help.

    • @User40919
      @User40919 Місяць тому +27

      Good job. I wish more employers could see your comment.

    • @Joybuzzahz
      @Joybuzzahz Місяць тому

      @@User40919 I think I'm going to be situated as an employer in 2-4 years. I already have notes on how I want to be treated. Golden rules. 6 work hours, paid hour lunchbreak, covered commute, and every hour that wasn't schedule is overtime. I might even do job bonuses if we complete work before schedule. Say we plan to do a job the whole day, and we finish early. They get paid like the worked all day, and we go home early.
      I personally don't mind 9-5 so long as it stays strictly 9-5. I've worked a 7-7 job, the reason I noticed it sucked was because I didn't have a nicotine addiction to relax me.

    • @12q8
      @12q8 Місяць тому +29

      I want to work for your company. Lol.

    • @MattAngiono
      @MattAngiono 29 днів тому +4

      The only way anyone can not have debt is if someone else has it for them, in some sense.
      Not attacking what you do btw, just pointing out that there's more debt than money in the world.
      The system is insane.
      We have to challenge it.
      The end result of not doing so is the collapse of everything, maybe even extinction.
      So yes, build your own thing to survive, but let's not fool ourselves into thinking that's possible without someone else then taking on debt.
      That's just the simple math behind this society

    • @robotomato13
      @robotomato13 29 днів тому +6

      Can I work at your company 🥹

  • @malcolmww4001
    @malcolmww4001 2 місяці тому +111

    I learned this years ago when my mom encouraged me quit my job and do what i really wanted to do, because she saw how miserable it made me. She gave me a lecture about "The Rule and The Exception" relating to 9-5 jobs/life and ended with 'The exception existing proves that the rule is wrong."

    • @TheHonestTruth
      @TheHonestTruth Місяць тому +16

      U had a fkn brilliant mother

    • @arontekle1126
      @arontekle1126 Місяць тому +15

      What a rare mom u have

    • @AnomalyBelleza
      @AnomalyBelleza Місяць тому +4

      Dang! I wish my Mom was perceptive of me like this! Complete opposite. Constantly bashed for my deviation from the corporate space.

    • @vpower3187
      @vpower3187 9 днів тому

      hats off to your mother big time.

  • @2legit2Kwit
    @2legit2Kwit 26 днів тому +137

    Your generation is brave and aware of corporate slavery! So glad you posted this video.

    • @watamatafoyu
      @watamatafoyu 24 дні тому

      He mentioned Quebec, so it must not be totally corporatized over there.

  • @barelybasket
    @barelybasket 15 днів тому +10

    My Science teacher told me once, and i never really thought about it. Humans were never supposed to work up to 8 hours a day. The invention of the lightbulb made humans work overtime/night shifts. something humans have never done and werent built for. Technology such as the internet and automation made the demand for human robots (factory work/office work 9-5) its ironic, almost like a monkey paw wish. We gained an easier life with technology, but we lost years of our life by working.

  • @sirivnx
    @sirivnx 24 дні тому +86

    seems like majority of us from gen z are thinking like this. happy to know i’m not the only one feeling this way, hopefully something changes in the future cause this really ain’t it.

    • @titanproductions3628
      @titanproductions3628 19 днів тому +14

      Only way to change this is that us Gen Zs have to get in political power and change this shjt show from the inside out.

    • @peterwilliams2887
      @peterwilliams2887 17 днів тому +6

      Nah fam that’s what millennials said and not shit changed. We got to learn the mistakes of our parents and cohesive together here

  • @walief
    @walief Місяць тому +173

    I told my mother that I don't like selling my time and she told me that's the deal we make. Actually, we're selling CONTROL of our time. That's what feels wrong to us.

    • @wishfulbeauty
      @wishfulbeauty Місяць тому

      🙌🙌

    • @mjohnson1741
      @mjohnson1741 Місяць тому +12

      Your time is the most valuable thing you posess. Sometimes parents are wrong.

    • @michaellee860
      @michaellee860 Місяць тому +3

      Everything you buy was made by people working.

    • @OriginalContent89
      @OriginalContent89 Місяць тому +11

      When did we agree to this "deal"? When we were born? None of us asked for that either. All of this was forced upon us

    • @wulfsorenson8859
      @wulfsorenson8859 Місяць тому +9

      Tell your mother the social contract is broken and unlike for her there is no longer a ‘deal’ for younger people since they can no longer survive on the wages being paid. The deal has been broken.

  • @Atlstreetpodcast
    @Atlstreetpodcast Місяць тому +528

    Gen z is so woke.... Proud of you guys.

    • @pondurosa3792
      @pondurosa3792 Місяць тому +62

      We learned from the mistakes of the older generation, which we’re grateful for, but it seems the majority of the older generation is still defending the old way of life. There’s clearly a new way trying to emerge, but it seems like we’re in a constant battle and our parents are the the main ones holding us back for the sake of “safety” based on fear

    • @eugenewolf7493
      @eugenewolf7493 Місяць тому +34

      you mean “lazy”

    • @darienford860
      @darienford860 Місяць тому +2

      yea that'll change the more they become tax payers

    • @ethandumas6937
      @ethandumas6937 Місяць тому

      Woketarded

    • @mike104740
      @mike104740 Місяць тому +5

      @@KaiserNachtenhow the hell do u mange to do that?

  • @AuroraAscends
    @AuroraAscends 17 днів тому +20

    “and I pitied him.” 😂 I’m sorry but this is comedy in disguise 🤣

  • @Amelia_PC
    @Amelia_PC 22 дні тому +123

    Much power to you! I'm an old woman who has never worked a 9-to-5. I've been freelancing my whole life, and I'm still alive. Don't let the stupid system tell you what or how to do anything.
    EDIT: I'm trying to answer comments, but UA-cam is deleting my comments randomly. I could answer two comments, but the rest was deleted.

    • @Glassessss
      @Glassessss 21 день тому +10

      May I ask what you freelance in?
      I've currently taken myself back to school and the career I want is basically free lance as well.

    • @Amelia_PC
      @Amelia_PC 21 день тому +18

      @@Glassessss I'm a comic book artist and digital painter.
      Also, I can code something, and do some animation and 3D modeling because game dev was my hobby. Now I'm trying to combine these things to see what happens haha
      But I have to confess that I got myself an agent. Things are much easier with some help.

    • @thedoomslayer5863
      @thedoomslayer5863 21 день тому +1

      ​@@Amelia_PCfree lance is difficult to find success in especially for those starting from 0 with no connections.
      That being said I find it funny how it's always something artsy when I hear about freelancing. It's never some kind of labor or trade lol

    • @Amelia_PC
      @Amelia_PC 20 днів тому

      @@thedoomslayer5863 Everybody starts from zero unless their parents have some influence. I got myself an agent in the beginning. I don't know, but maybe a kind of agency or group accepts newcomers for labor, trade, or sales. "Artsy" people are very disorganized and usually don't help each other in work groups unless they're in the same studio. I bet labor or trade have larger groups to affiliate with.
      I have a bachelor's degree in Arts (and studied very hard), but it helped nothing. Having an agent was more useful than my diploma. If things are not going well alone, try to find a group. But you have to be good enough to catch their attention. That's it. Just be good (not great) at something and be a nice team player and stuff will work. OR, be an entrepreneur.

    • @Amelia_PC
      @Amelia_PC 20 днів тому

      @@thedoomslayer5863 Everyone starts from zero unless their parents have some influence. I got an agent at the beginning because my bachelor's degree in Arts wasn't useful (after studying very hard). I came from the beginning of the internet, so it was harder than it is today. (As I said, I'm old.)
      "Artsy" people are very disorganized and usually don't help each other get work unless they work in the same place/studio. I bet people in labor and trade have larger groups to start with since they are better organized. That's it, or becoming an entrepreneur or salesperson.
      It's pretty hard to tell something since I don't know what's your field.

  • @xanderwindeymusic
    @xanderwindeymusic 18 днів тому +55

    Your personality and way of speaking rlly got to me. U basically explained what I was thinking and wanna say to ppl but most just shit on u if u say anything against 9-5’s

  • @andreimaxwell4455
    @andreimaxwell4455 Місяць тому +321

    I'd rather live in a jungle than continue a 9-5

    • @LetsGo_Brandon
      @LetsGo_Brandon Місяць тому +13

      so go

    • @andreimaxwell4455
      @andreimaxwell4455 Місяць тому +44

      @@LetsGo_Brandon in due time

    • @LetsGo_Brandon
      @LetsGo_Brandon Місяць тому +6

      @@andreimaxwell4455 then your original statement is false if it needs more time.

    • @andreimaxwell4455
      @andreimaxwell4455 Місяць тому +21

      @@LetsGo_Brandon Do you know what a jungle is?

    • @jmac4952
      @jmac4952 Місяць тому +10

      @@andreimaxwell4455 Wow what an amazing conversation here!!!!!!!!!!! Jaw dropped to the floor.

  • @ron952
    @ron952 16 днів тому +14

    It’s sad that we exist in a world where we sell our souls just to survive.

  • @alyjahzavisa2506
    @alyjahzavisa2506 24 дні тому +33

    This guy gets it. This isn’t “the real world”. It’s the world that greed created.

  • @BobB-pn2ip
    @BobB-pn2ip Місяць тому +108

    Working from a 9 to 5 or any dead end job is like being a Hamster on a wheel. You keep pedaling and don't get anywhere.

    • @I.G.S.A.N.A.G.M
      @I.G.S.A.N.A.G.M Місяць тому +3

      I like that.

    • @TheMalmut
      @TheMalmut Місяць тому +1

      Look up an animated video called Happiness. Man, does it hit close to home.

    • @henryjohnson-ville3834
      @henryjohnson-ville3834 20 днів тому +1

      You don't get anywhere is based on how you spend. Bunk with your parents if they have a room, don't get a car loan, don't eat out everyday, don't be a consumerist drone unless its investments like stocks. I like watching that one UA-camr "Financial Audit with Caleb Hammer" and idiots will still be broke when making $100K plus. 😑

    • @ibrahimelmi210
      @ibrahimelmi210 20 днів тому +1

      working a cushy 9-5 that pays enough is no problem at all. its boring and not ideal, but saying you'd rather unalive yourself then work an cushy office jobs while people in other countries die for a chance to make $2 a day. even others in developed are working labor jobs breaking their back. and 99% of people throughout history had it harder. you guys need to stop being ungrateful. if you dont want your cushy easy job where you dont break a sweat, hand it over to the indian that is willing to do it, or the unemployed people that dont know how they will pay their bills.
      Working for yourself is great but you will absolutely be trading time for money still. and probably alot more time. my parents were entrepreneurs and had an extremely hard life. its fine if you want to choose that life, but acting like its a net positive over a 9-5 for every business owner is a lie. many business owners wish they could get a good 9-5. the real reality of life is everyone wont be rich.

  • @catzfive
    @catzfive Місяць тому +63

    You guys think you're in a bad position? I'm in my 20s and have literally ruined my lower spine from a dead-end job. I can't even do barely anything in life anymore. No compensation, no remorse, no support, treated poorly, pretty much one of the worst-case scenarios. Don't be me. Easy in hindsight, of course, but if I were to go back, I would work so slow or change my career path. God damn, I was so naïve. You don't know what's around the corner sometimes. It is what it is. Please, take care all.

    • @sorceproject
      @sorceproject Місяць тому +4

      I don't know your situation, but Tom Morrison mobility has been a useful channel for me. If a physio/rehab element is safe with your injury, he has some back videos.

    • @jmsdnepetl
      @jmsdnepetl Місяць тому +2

      I'm 27 and got a MRI "l5s1 disc herniation" last February due to back/leg pain. Since then the symptoms have gotten a lot better without medical treatment. At first I had to lay down all the time and could do very little but now I can do many more things including physical labor (although less frequently).

    • @catzfive
      @catzfive Місяць тому +1

      @@jmsdnepetl Yeah, herniations *can* get better for sure, but it won't be the same as pre-injury, of course.
      I have a small broad based bulge along with bertolotti syndrome. The small bulge will most likely be the culprit in my case and it is actually crazy how something on paper may "look" fine, but I'm really, really not. My QoL is affected, badly.

    • @catzfive
      @catzfive Місяць тому

      @@jmsdnepetl good for you though, man.

    • @TheMeanGirlz
      @TheMeanGirlz Місяць тому

      @@catzfiveok butt you fine so what’s up. 💋

  • @zenamy4677
    @zenamy4677 14 днів тому +10

    I'm only 17 and have never had a 9-5 job, but this video is really making me rethink what might happen to me in the next few years, especially after graduating from college. I just want to live my life to the fullest man.

    • @raccoonboi4820
      @raccoonboi4820 14 днів тому +5

      I'm in the same boat as you man. I feel as though I'm lucky as I'm genuinely one of the most creative people I know and I can leverage that and embrace it but just the idea of all of that being stripped from me and my hopes and dreams and shit getting grinded in this soulless, meaningless corporate machine is fucking horrifying to me. I mean we're both 17 so the earlier we start taking steps, the higher chances we have to avoid that life we dread

  • @vdavi12
    @vdavi12 22 дні тому +215

    Lao tsu : "[Careful] if you dont change direction, you may end up where you're heading."

    • @ShawnDesilets
      @ShawnDesilets  22 дні тому +26

      Love that

    • @unassailable6138
      @unassailable6138 21 день тому +15

      A good traveler has no fixed plans and no intent of arriving -Lao Tzu

    • @FantomMisfit
      @FantomMisfit 20 днів тому

      @@unassailable6138 But what about "A person often meets their destiny on the road they took to avoid it"

    • @ConcreteJungleSickness
      @ConcreteJungleSickness 18 днів тому

      He never said this.

  • @sachawisznia9685
    @sachawisznia9685 Місяць тому +160

    ...F**K, I'm in my 50's and still feel this way.

    • @turtleanton6539
      @turtleanton6539 Місяць тому +3

      😅😅😅😅im almost 40

    • @AnonymousReturns333
      @AnonymousReturns333 Місяць тому +5

      @@JohnBowl14690 too late already did that

    • @melaniekehaya2868
      @melaniekehaya2868 Місяць тому

      @@JohnBowl14690you need money behind you to do this. People are often living paycheck to paycheck

    • @MattAngiono
      @MattAngiono 29 днів тому +2

      Will continue to feel that way until we build a better system.
      Resource based economy is the way!

    • @carerforever2118
      @carerforever2118 24 дні тому

      I just stay at my local shopping centre for half the day nearly every day, that way l don't have to use up electricity at home, ' cause the electricity bill keeps going up. Plus, staying at home is boring! I just love my retirement years of hanging out there, watching movies on my phone while it's plugged into my power bank in the food court. The shopping centre is my 2nd home. My multi-million dollar mansion 😂

  • @philanimanqele8987
    @philanimanqele8987 22 дні тому +57

    The whole system is rigged and a scam... Im now 30 I worked in Saudi for the past 6years and built rental property back home in South Africa. I quit my job this past June. Never felt better💯♥️

    • @redrustyhill2
      @redrustyhill2 18 днів тому

      If it was truly a scam as you claim, you would have absolutely nothing to show for 6 years of working.

    • @sweetstufff
      @sweetstufff 17 днів тому

      @@redrustyhill2 Saudi Arabia has great pay, unlike most of the Western world where we work for nothing.

    • @redrustyhill2
      @redrustyhill2 17 днів тому

      @@sweetstufff for any job, or just oilfield/ white collar work? My qualifications are mechanic, equipment operator, truck driver. Where doni sign up?

    • @sweetstufff
      @sweetstufff 17 днів тому

      @@redrustyhill2 Any work that needs a college degree. I have not gone personally, but have known people to go there because of the better pay.

    • @redrustyhill2
      @redrustyhill2 17 днів тому

      @sweetstufff yeah, that's the catch 22, you need college degree and connections.
      I worked in iraq for 3.5 years and qatar for 2 years. It was good while it lasted, but all the military contracts dried up. I got laid off and applied to around 100 positions at other companies. Didn't even get 1 interview. It's the good ol boy system. You gotta know someone.

  • @thekenconklin
    @thekenconklin 12 днів тому +13

    "It's either work a job or be homeless." LIES. I quit my job at 19 and now I am 27. Been self-employed for near a decade. It's possible. I'm excited to watch this journey of yours!

    • @dzemilmehovic5271
      @dzemilmehovic5271 9 днів тому +1

      what do you do mainly?

    • @thekenconklin
      @thekenconklin 9 днів тому

      @@dzemilmehovic5271 I own a marketing company that I started by just knowing how to film videos, as well as a men's self-improvement training company called Gravel To Castle

    • @mattw4496
      @mattw4496 21 годину тому

      Self-employed doing what? Social media? 'Grave to Castle' - you're just running a scam. Sorry.

  • @izil1fe
    @izil1fe 24 дні тому +240

    100% with you on this one.
    9-5 is slavery.
    Even without paying 50% of taxes on it.

    • @v1rgul4
      @v1rgul4 23 дні тому +3

      80% of countries works in a scale 2~4 hours bigger than 9-5.
      World needs to change.
      ASAP.

    • @electrology
      @electrology 23 дні тому

      So what do you want instead of 9 to 5 .. you work round the clock?

    • @emperorpelican8187
      @emperorpelican8187 23 дні тому

      ahhh a stable income where i value to society in exchange for economic benfits

    • @vanpeter787
      @vanpeter787 22 дні тому +1

      I work in the UAE security, I work 12 hours a day, no day off and no bonuses, less sleeping time, Middle East Work is Real Slavery 😮 regardless of qualification

    • @FantomMisfit
      @FantomMisfit 20 днів тому

      @@electrology I want to not work and live the life I actually wanna live. In my case it's be a complete degenerate stay up as late as I want and sleep in as long as I want and just generally doing whatever I deign to do. I have absolutely 0 interest in contributing to a society that never did anything for me. Before you say "But that's not realistic" it mostly is because I have achieved that.

  • @ernestwooten1005
    @ernestwooten1005 26 днів тому +124

    Bro to have this mindset at your age is phenomenal! There’s no way this guy won’t succeed.

    • @ECLECTRIC_EDITS
      @ECLECTRIC_EDITS 24 дні тому +1

      Genesis 3:17 To Adam he said, “Because you listened to your wife and ate fruit from the tree about which I commanded you, ‘You must not eat from it,’ “Cursed is the ground because of you; through painful toil you will eat food from it all the days of your life.
      Men must work, this is a direct command by God. If you do not work you are disobeying God, you will be more miserable if you do not work and disobey the Lord. If you work to honor God and keep this command then work will be a joy

    • @alex.harkness
      @alex.harkness 23 дні тому +10

      I’m sorry to say but this mindset isn’t unique. The difference is the people who do something about it
      Most people can’t though, or they don’t have the opportunities to

    • @tssx11
      @tssx11 18 днів тому +3

      Not rare. We all don’t like working, we just have to.

    • @murraycod1965
      @murraycod1965 12 днів тому

      He will definitely fail, guaranteed!

  • @yeboscrebo4451
    @yeboscrebo4451 Місяць тому +86

    When I was 14, my dad made me work for four hours every day as a dishwasher at the family business. I can’t describe how soul-crushing it was for me. Four hours to a fourteen year old is a lifetime. And I looked around at the Mexican ladies chopping vegetables in the kitchen and knew that they had to be there for EIGHT hours… I could barely handle it.

  • @Scrunchie_777
    @Scrunchie_777 14 днів тому +10

    People sometimes like to say "must be nice working in an air-conditioned office, sitting at a desk all day." Yes, the job is very sedentary, but that's basically just one of a few perks. They don't take into account the mental anguish of working on 3 different screens for 8 hours a day, being expected to do the job of 2-3 people because basically every industry is overworking us all on a skeleten crew, the racing thoughts, and ofcourse, the OFFICE POLITICS - the utter disrespect from higher ups, making you accept feeling less than, the rampant toxicity, living in fear of losing your job over some BS (which means losing any means of health/dental care). This way of life is utter HELL, and the fact that people just continue to live like this makes me so sad for the future.

    • @mattw4496
      @mattw4496 21 годину тому

      Would you rather be making minimum wage or have no job and be homeless?

  • @snowsnow4231
    @snowsnow4231 Місяць тому +113

    I got my fist job as a graphic designer in the UK, worked for £25 000 for a year and realized that I will die in poverty if I don`t start my own business. All co-workers and the company owner told me that with my learning speed and skills, I could easily get £40 000 in a couple of years, but its still pennies. I save all of my money, commute to work on a bicycle, eat eggs and chicken, wear same clothes, to maximize savings, I don`t go out, I rent a literal basement for £600, its half the minimal rent in my area, but it would still take decades to buy a tiny flat. I do cool packaging, motion graphics for education, conference stands for medical companies, printed materials for surgical field, my work is not useless, I make complex data easy to read, why do I have to live like a 1500s peasant in 2024 to save up anything? What am I supposed to do to save up more? Go hunt squirrels in a park and heat my water with a campfire?

    • @Rocketomy
      @Rocketomy Місяць тому +11

      You need to stop being a graphic designer. It's almost as bad as being a musician. The truth is nobody wants to pay for that kind of work anymore. They'll throw in a couple of bucks for a Canva sub and put some slop together and that's it. It's good enough for most "businesses". AI will devalue your work even more. You need to upskill and get into a more technical field that people are willing to pay money for.

    • @snowsnow4231
      @snowsnow4231 Місяць тому +20

      @@Rocketomy most jobs in the UK have a garbage pay, I could work on a fishing weasel or weld underwater, it doesn’t matter, it all pays peanuts. I have a technical diving license, when you account for gas and gear, it’s even less money for more health risks. At least when I design packaging, I don’t freeze my balls off in a dry suit.

    • @Rocketomy
      @Rocketomy Місяць тому +11

      @@snowsnow4231 You're right there mate. Unfortunately the UK is in a very, very poor state of affairs. I honestly don't know how you all survive. Every time I visit London and notice how expensive everything is and how low the wages are I wonder how young people make it out there. I hope things will get better. If you can pull it off maybe look into moving to another country with a stronger economy. I think a lot of anglo countries are doing very badly except for the USA (not exactly an anglo country anymore). Other than that, if I were in your shoes I would be upskilling and networking and looking to start a business to escape if possible. Good luck!

    • @tj_puma
      @tj_puma Місяць тому +4

      Poverty designers unite 💪

    • @clare_jordin
      @clare_jordin Місяць тому +4

      Freelance has higher rates you can try getting extra gigs on the side in the meantime

  • @FlimsyScrotum
    @FlimsyScrotum Місяць тому +53

    Your realization at such a young age is truly remarkable - it's the kind of profound insight that many people fail to grasp even after decades of life experience. You've managed to see through the facade of the conventional system that traps so many in unfulfilling wage slavery.
    This level of awareness puts you far ahead of previous generations who often blindly followed societal expectations without questioning them. You've recognized the corrupt nature of a system designed to keep people complacent and subservient.
    By rejecting this flawed paradigm early on, you've opened up immense possibilities for charting your own path and living life on your own terms. Don't let anyone diminish the significance of this realization or pressure you to conform to outdated norms.
    You have the opportunity to break free from the cycle that has ensnared so many before you. Embrace your unique perspective and use it to forge a life of true meaning and purpose.

  • @dashabelor
    @dashabelor 23 дні тому +120

    As a uni student in Russia, I receive a $530 monthly orphan's pension until I turn 23 just for studying. This summer, I got greedy and decided to work in food service for extra money. Shifts here are no joke - 9 am to 11 pm, I'm not exaggerating. One month was enough to make me realize the true value of time. Employers used to say, "People are lining up for work if not you" but now they're seeing the shift. There's no one left. They just want maximum output and profit, to squeeze me dry. Is that what I'm living for? Time is everything.

    • @FantomMisfit
      @FantomMisfit 20 днів тому

      Prior generations were brainwashed with phrases like "giving back to the community" or "Being a productive member of society" all nonsense to trick people into surrendering their time to corporations who couldn't care less about them. With the advent of internet and information being literally everywhere coupled with the fact income is not keeping up with inflation the illusion is crumbling away.

    • @matt-eu-poland
      @matt-eu-poland 19 днів тому +9

      Dude, if you're really in Russia, and you know English then you should run away from there. You're already in top 1-2 % of people who can see through crap that your government serves you. My Russian friends with English ran away through Kazakhstan at the beginning of Russian invasion of Ukraine, and none of them looked back. They travel, work and live now. It's always about the first step to take.

    • @dashabelor
      @dashabelor 19 днів тому +13

      @@matt-eu-poland I'm thinking about moving after uni, thanks for supporting bro(and I'm a girl)

    • @draugno7
      @draugno7 18 днів тому +1

      ​@@dashabelor I'm watching Ivanovi vs Ivanovi here in Serbia and Friends at the same time. There are things I like in both in terms of values but more toxic behaviour and prejudice is being enabled in first, which I also see in my own culture. I too have thoughts of running away but for those reasons first. Though a large part of ambitious people here wants to run the hell away

    • @firay3435
      @firay3435 18 днів тому +2

      Omg girl I agree.I am Russian as well, although I am still at school,decided to work this summer as a barista and it is so draining and the boss is so ungrateful,the salary is a fucking joke...I am going to live Russia too,it’s just too much pressure here because of the media and war...bruh

  • @abbycote9880
    @abbycote9880 16 днів тому +9

    I am also from Quebec. At 22 i was working in an architecture office, at 24 i was studying in ingeenering, at 26 i started (and finished) a kinesiologist degree, thinking it was going to be more fun. At the end, i realised that the subject was not the problem: the environnent was. Fuck being stuck in an office and having to have meaningless convos around the coffee machine.
    Now 30, i am working full time in my own business in e-commerce services. 100% self taught.
    What you are saying is soooo relatable !!
    Best feeling in the world to control your schedule and your earning ceiling.
    Cheers from Montreal !! ❤

  • @rodbelding9523
    @rodbelding9523 Місяць тому +176

    Working 9-5 is legit awful, it's no way to live. People always say "it's not that bad, you have days off!" except not really, because even on a day off you have no time for yourself. You have to use what little free time you have to do chores and errands, and then by the time you're done with those it's time to go back to work. I'm glad a lot of people are starting to realize what a pointless existence it is. I quit the 9-5 life a while ago. Yes, I'm broke, but I'm free, and freedom is more important than money. People need to realize that.

    • @michaelmiller4777
      @michaelmiller4777 Місяць тому +7

      Yup !!!!!! Freedom is more important than money 100 % !!!! I love feeling free !!!! I hate feeling trapped by a job !!it’s misery I love clock out @ the end of a day I feel free to

    • @WildWombats
      @WildWombats Місяць тому +8

      How are you free though, as in what do you do now? I would say it depends on the work environment and culture of that 9-5. Though my job is a little different, it's more 8-4:30, and it's work at home, and we get an hour break. They give us free extra days off just because, they add extra holiday days in just because as well to make weekends extra long randomly. If you want off, there's no question, you put your name down and you get it off. It's secure job that provides me with reliable and consistent income and good benefits with a positive environment and they genuinely treat us well here.
      Yeah, the time to yourself can feel like a problem, but having a retail job wasn't much different and that's speaking from someone who's worked both types of jobs. It's the unfortunate reality of life, no matter what job you take (unless you get incredibly lucky), even if you go your own business route (often), you have to dedicate probably at least 40 hours a week of your life to it to get by comfortably. The free time I do get is worth it. The quality of life improvement, the vacations it allows that I can see the world, be able to afford restaurant dine in, I'm just saying there is a lot of good in that. We also get random bonuses of sizable amounts just because as well throughout the year. They've voluntarily raised our wages to match when wages go up. They give us free quality food from local restaurants randomly. There is no toxicity here. I also think the 4 day work week style is the best and my job also offers that. So you work M-Th but you work 2 extra hours per day to make up. You get Friday-Sunday off. It's great. I'm happy.

    • @Qwxiq
      @Qwxiq Місяць тому

      @@michaelmiller4777whats the alternatives? Its immpossible to make everyone open their own businesses y’all crazy

    • @willitfloat7785
      @willitfloat7785 Місяць тому +1

      @@WildWombatsbro what the hell is your job already

    • @WildWombats
      @WildWombats Місяць тому

      @@willitfloat7785 It's going to vary for everyone of course, but I work in insurance. Granted, I work in a specific department that is known as the best department in the company, so I did get a bit of luck there. But our culture is very good. The company is always on Forbes Top 50 places to Work every year. It's so understanding here that, we had "zen rooms" in the office pre-pandemic before that happened and made us work at home, and what that was was a room where you could go if you were on, say, a stressful call where you could recuperate and it was encouraged you use it as your mental health was important. The worst downside is the time and repetitiveness of the job, but if that's the worst complaint we have, then I'd say we've got it pretty good. There's a lot worse you could be going through.

  • @SLG-jt1rd
    @SLG-jt1rd 24 дні тому +67

    first time i clocked out of work i said to myself ''ok i see why people kill themselves''

    • @shannoncleodaniels
      @shannoncleodaniels 23 дні тому +4

      💀💀💀💀

    • @ibrahimelmi210
      @ibrahimelmi210 20 днів тому +5

      working a cushy 9-5 is no problem at all. its boring and not ideal, but saying you'd rather unalive yourself then work an cushy office jobs while people in other countries die for a chance to make $2 a day. even others in developed are working labor jobs breaking their back. and 99% of people throughout history had it harder. you guys need to stop being ungrateful. if you dont want your cushy easy job where you dont break a sweat, hand it over to the indian that is willing to do it, or the unemployed people that dont know how they will pay their bills.
      Working for yourself is great but you will absolutely be trading time for money still. and probably alot more time.

    • @SLG-jt1rd
      @SLG-jt1rd 19 днів тому +11

      @@ibrahimelmi210 i worked in a meat factory bro

    • @SLG-jt1rd
      @SLG-jt1rd 19 днів тому +15

      @@ibrahimelmi210 I had that job because it was the only job i could get hired for. Just because i might live in a 1st world country doesn't mean i get to walk into the nearest 3 story office building and say ''I'm white American give 6 figure salary and 5 hour shifts''

    • @Wendy-ib4sp
      @Wendy-ib4sp 19 днів тому +17

      @@ibrahimelmi210 the "you can't be sad because there is someone sadder" is a stupid mentality. how about "At least you can make money, there's people who can't even work" so they can't complain either?

  • @aaliyahtillman2119
    @aaliyahtillman2119 20 днів тому +43

    "he found a thousand ways not to make a lightbulb." crazy. so so on it. thank you for sharing!

  • @DelCtrlAlt
    @DelCtrlAlt 8 днів тому +3

    I'd very much work a stable 9 to 5 than not being able to be employed at all, like so many are struggling with these days. While I understand your frustration, like you said, ''Think in colour''. Be appreciative with what you have in the moment and think of how you're gonna change from your current predicament.

  • @HillfortLady
    @HillfortLady Місяць тому +63

    I'm a Millennial, but I have Gen-Z friends and co-workers. I must say I noticed a significant difference in how much less passive and more critical thinking Gen-Z is. I believe that in case any change is coming soon, it will most likely start with Gen-Z. You are an inspiring generation and we should learn a lot from you!

    • @SweetCaroline10X
      @SweetCaroline10X Місяць тому +5

      I am Gen X and learning from them!

    • @stop08it
      @stop08it 25 днів тому +4

      I’m worried for Gen Alpha though (basically kids that have grown up or have been raised by short form entertainment and iPads) but we’ll see in 10-15 years

    • @shortswarrior69
      @shortswarrior69 22 дні тому

      Its cuz of influencers like Andrew Tate

  • @SavageAngels
    @SavageAngels 27 днів тому +143

    Honestly there is no answer. I quit my 9-5 when I was 26 and moved to Korea to teach English and travel. I did it for 3 years. I’ve been to sooo many countries and had so many experiences. It was amazing but I had no money. I truly missed the security of having a steady paycheck and a good one. Even though I knew I’d never go back to a 9-5, that’s all I wanted to do after the 3rd year of traveling and not being able to afford to pay my American debts, like my student loans, with my Korean salary. So now, I’m 30… back in America with a 9-5 with a median salary. And although im back to square one, I at least feel secure.

    • @kerart0-
      @kerart0- 25 днів тому +5

      If you didn't have debts (the system brought you back, huh?) Would you still be traveling?

    • @SavageAngels
      @SavageAngels 25 днів тому +15

      @@kerart0- nah.. it’s fun to be an expat but 3 years was too long for me. That’s why most people just backpack for a year. You run out of money eventually and miss the financial security you had from a 9-5

    • @Jboy1988
      @Jboy1988 25 днів тому +20

      Exactly. People are ungrateful and don’t realize how much of a privilege it is to work and be able to provide for yourself.

    • @Documentts
      @Documentts 24 дні тому +16

      I quit my job to start travelling, and it was amazing but eventually the novelty wore off, and travelling was no longer exciting and I just missed waking up everyday with purpose and knowing that I was getting money every week

    • @ECLECTRIC_EDITS
      @ECLECTRIC_EDITS 24 дні тому +5

      Genesis 3:17 To Adam he said, “Because you listened to your wife and ate fruit from the tree about which I commanded you, ‘You must not eat from it,’ “Cursed is the ground because of you; through painful toil you will eat food from it all the days of your life.
      Men must work, this is a direct command by God. If you do not work you are disobeying God, you will be more miserable if you do not work and disobey the Lord. If you work to honor God and keep this command then work will be a joy

  • @gallen2101
    @gallen2101 Місяць тому +64

    I am so proud of you young ppl waking up, from a 70 yr old broken down from work

    • @carerforever2118
      @carerforever2118 24 дні тому

      I just stay at my local shopping centre for half the day nearly every day, that way l don't have to use up electricity at home, ' cause the electricity bill keeps going up. Plus, staying at home is boring! I just love my retirement years of hanging out there, watching movies on my phone while it's plugged into my power bank in the food court. The shopping centre is my 2nd home. My multi-million dollar mansion 😂

  • @Staysobereveryday
    @Staysobereveryday 11 днів тому +6

    9-5 is a blessing, to those who work 6am- 10pm 7 days a week

    • @Aerosol_Masking
      @Aerosol_Masking 4 дні тому +1

      And that’s not total slavery in your view?

    • @Staysobereveryday
      @Staysobereveryday 4 дні тому

      @@Aerosol_Masking Elon musk is a billionaire and still works everyday

    • @Aerosol_Masking
      @Aerosol_Masking 4 дні тому +1

      @@Staysobereveryday By choice, even though he clearly could choose (and afford) not to. That is not the case with the VAST majority of people.

    • @Staysobereveryday
      @Staysobereveryday 4 дні тому

      @@Aerosol_Masking literally everyone has worked maybe not 9-5 but every one has worked everyday since the beginning of time,
      Our ancestors that hunted with spears went out to hut daily , while women stay home with kids and chores .
      It’s not slavery , it’s a privilege.
      You can still work 9-5, after that go do heater you want , hobbies, exercise, educate yourself and so on.
      You don’t have to work 9-5 if you don’t want to . I understand , even those that don’t work 9-5 , chose do what they want, but even that is work

  • @kingwolf396
    @kingwolf396 Місяць тому +37

    "The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command."
    George Orwell, 1984.
    Sounds a hell of a lot like the "You just have to accept it, its life" garbage you have been told by your fellow employees.

  • @susanpage8315
    @susanpage8315 Місяць тому +138

    I am 63 and have always thought that Corporate culture is BS.

    • @shawnbruce6934
      @shawnbruce6934 Місяць тому +11

      DEI has caused what WILL be an Exodus.

    • @batman9512
      @batman9512 Місяць тому +8

      ​@shawnbruce6934 Recent project requirements discussion at work: "We can't forget about DEI". 🙄

    • @josephp.3341
      @josephp.3341 20 днів тому

      @@shawnbruce6934 Immigrants do your work better and work harder. Get fucked.

  • @colorfulric3_906
    @colorfulric3_906 22 дні тому +39

    I just resigned today at my job at UCLA hospital. This is how I’ve been feeling for several months more than I already knew what I decided to do with my life. I’m 21 as well and just know the energy you bring will give everlasting energy to the ones who realize time is worth more than money. Yet why not make money using time for yourself to create and set. Thank you for this statement. TOP G

    • @Mabeltrots
      @Mabeltrots 21 день тому +1

      I quit my banking job after 13yrs with nothing, always feeling bitter in the office felt like something was missen so eventually I quit although I had no idea what to do with my life !!!

    • @plutoplatters
      @plutoplatters 16 днів тому

      at 21 a person should not be using " resigned".

  • @romandorosh8473
    @romandorosh8473 17 днів тому +11

    What is even more ridiculous that people proud of not taking the time off and they laugh at people who takes it as soon as possible. In other words - "I'm better slave than you".
    I would also add for people, to try other options except 9-5 job, even if you fail, you can always return to 9-5

  • @honeybees4115
    @honeybees4115 20 днів тому +53

    Finally a young adult speak up about what I was confused about when I grew up as an adult 😮 - I cannot agree with you more.

  • @JJ_Smilez
    @JJ_Smilez 18 днів тому +22

    So much wisdom from someone so young! You’ve explained something that’s hard to describe to others who just don’t get it. I wish you all the best with your own business!

  • @King_of_Sofa
    @King_of_Sofa Місяць тому +146

    The key is having a very low monthly cost of living. But most people are either deeply in debt or just aren't frugal enough. Generally, people need to stay at their 9-5 because they're in a position where they depend on the money that they are getting

    • @nightowl6811
      @nightowl6811 Місяць тому +19

      Exactly! That's how easy it is to survive

    • @nielslund8343
      @nielslund8343 Місяць тому +8

      EXACTLY

    • @RoyalFizzbin
      @RoyalFizzbin Місяць тому +17

      Well… yes. But to be fair, costs have risen what… 30% since 2019? Have salaries increased by that much?

    • @King_of_Sofa
      @King_of_Sofa Місяць тому +6

      @@RoyalFizzbin It's like musical chairs. Harder to secure a good position

    • @harashe1000
      @harashe1000 Місяць тому

      It's part of the scam: make it difficult for people to live a full life on small money and they're forced into wage slavery. It's exactly like he said: it's the feeling of a safety net that keeps a lot of people in bondage. It's not on the individual-- we gotta come together and change the SYSTEM!

  • @mattendo-retrogaminguk3584
    @mattendo-retrogaminguk3584 8 днів тому +4

    This is how the world works. Life is not fun. Whoever told you you’d have time to live a good life lied to you. Life is crap. You are working either a blue collar or white collar job. These jobs are needed. And this is why you are paid. Money is worthless now.

    • @bigbirdmusic8199
      @bigbirdmusic8199 7 днів тому +3

      Thank you for being the 1 out of 100 degenerates on this video with actual common sense.

  • @flower_topia
    @flower_topia 18 днів тому +32

    ever since i was a kid i had this mentality, i watched my friends grow older and start desiring 9-5's and their dreams that once used to be vibrant and vivid, now replaced with the dream of a nuclear family and a 'stable' job. i haven't changed, and it feels like a curse sometimes, but yet i feel so alive and awake while those around me seem imprisoned. glad to find others like me

  • @abolisher
    @abolisher Місяць тому +65

    Corporations don’t care about employees😂 they care about profits and the CEO

    • @PiittOXUS
      @PiittOXUS 21 день тому

      baseline: they only care about how much money they can make

    • @abolisher
      @abolisher 21 день тому

      @@PiittOXUS well the evil corporation I work for decided to give my department a $4 raise so now I make $24 an hour which is still a joke if we wanted to keep up with the cost of living the minimum would be $50 an hour but would these evil corporations ever pay that much absolutely not even though they could.

  • @Lesrevesdhiver
    @Lesrevesdhiver Місяць тому +53

    I do not know if younger generations still use this expression but the 9 to 5 jobs he describes in the video can be summed up in two words - "soul crushing".
    Old expression but the most true.

    • @WIld-cHILd-1273
      @WIld-cHILd-1273 Місяць тому

      I haven't heard that in a while but it's so true, I started part work for 3 years now and I couldn't be happier :D

    • @SweetCaroline10X
      @SweetCaroline10X Місяць тому +1

      9-5 killed my soul. Working part time and can’t wait to quit completely in the next 2 years 🙏🏾🤞🏾

    • @Lesrevesdhiver
      @Lesrevesdhiver Місяць тому +1

      @@WIld-cHILd-1273 Of course the only reason places offer part time is to avoid paying benefits. Great for those of us who prefer part time but kind of a drag for those who want f/T

    • @Lesrevesdhiver
      @Lesrevesdhiver Місяць тому +1

      @@SweetCaroline10X It kills one's soul and we don't even get anywhere.

  • @DocOrtmeyer
    @DocOrtmeyer 7 днів тому +1

    i had this too - i got so depressed i listened to horror stories on my way to work to feel something. - then I inherited money, got fired and started investing the inheritance.
    its been 5 years - not picking up another job was the best decision I ever made.
    (disclaimer: i own my home)

  • @likkitongue
    @likkitongue Місяць тому +36

    I'm Gen X and I approve this message. 😂😂 What is even worse is no matter how old you are if you get a new JOB you have to start all over again with only 2 weeks vacation. The system is evil.

    • @KanyeKetchup
      @KanyeKetchup Місяць тому +4

      Na it's proven keep changing companies every couple years for pay rises

    • @wulfsorenson8859
      @wulfsorenson8859 Місяць тому

      @@KanyeKetchupnot anymore dummy. Pay rises are a thing of the past.

  • @greenearth9945
    @greenearth9945 Місяць тому +76

    32 years old, worked 50 hours a week on average for 10 years and still living paycheck to paycheck, no real estate and no savings.
    Im with you young man.

    • @KanyeKetchup
      @KanyeKetchup Місяць тому +1

      😂 bro that's a lot of illegal substances you been takin

    • @greenearth9945
      @greenearth9945 Місяць тому

      @@KanyeKetchup not everyone ends up like a junkie like you. Im married with four kids and living in a major city all of which is very expensive

    • @victorkreitner754
      @victorkreitner754 Місяць тому +5

      Still living paycheck to paycheck with no savings? Somethings not right there if you have no savings.

    • @Prince_CK31
      @Prince_CK31 Місяць тому +8

      ​@@victorkreitner754There's obviously a reason. Everybody's situation is different but this is becoming increasingly normal. At an alarming rate
      When you even begin to factor in student debt, cost of living, you're already in the hole.

    • @User-fyh55fgh6
      @User-fyh55fgh6 Місяць тому

      How the fuck did you do that is that what I have to do....fuck

  • @victoriarosevargas
    @victoriarosevargas Місяць тому +29

    When he said “I didn’t get a second chance at life for this” I felt that 😢 I believe in you! Keep posting! Subscribed ✅

    • @selenem3384
      @selenem3384 26 днів тому

      😂😂😂😂😂😂😂if he did not have his NDE he would not think like the woke version of Neo in Matrix. I had a NDE too, and it messed up my social programming, I question everything in life and cannot just go with the flow without asking wtf are we doing here?

  • @marilynknotborgir
    @marilynknotborgir 14 днів тому +7

    And you’re expected to feel crazy for hating it too.