The key to happiness is ensuring you put as little effort into your job as you can get away with. People don't lay on their deathbed wishing they spent more time in the office.

I have done a job before where I probably would be happy to put extra time in, but that is because its a job that involved helping other people rather than companies. A student that lost all their data and has a deadline next week - data recovered. That sort of thing actually feels good, sure I get paid to do my job but when you have a task like that it feels good to put more effort in.

Some megacorp needs their SaaS product updated, couldn't give a shit its 5:30 I am switching off. I guess there is also an argument there for finding a job that involves some degree of helping people, but the opportunities are rather limited and I need to do something.

[–] Derpenheim@lemmy.zip 3 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Hey man, I get its a sub for funny comic strips, but are you okay?

In that sixty years you experience so many things. So many wonderful, and terrible, and awesome, and awful things. Births, deaths, poems, memoirs, songs, maladies and rejuvenations. I hope you see that those experiences are worth sticking around for, if only to say "I've been there" to someone who isnt handling it well.

[–] m_f@discuss.online 3 points 3 weeks ago

Thanks for the concern, but I'm just posting old SMBC comics in order and this is what was up for posting.

I appreciate your comment though, and hopefully it'll help anyone if the post hits too close to home. Along those lines, I've always found it helpful to remember This too shall pass.