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ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

I don’t think this is necessarily negative. I’m a millennial in that 44% and I’m in no hurry to retire because my profession is my identity. I hope I live a long time, but I also hope that I can work until I die. What would I even do if I didn’t work? I tried taking a year off once but I lasted a month before I was bored and looking for job.

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aeki@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
In a way i can see why you think you’re lucky as you will suffer less in these terrible times, but damn, there are so many things I want to do in life that I’ll run out of time before I run out of things.

I have a decent non-shitty job, but I’d drop that in a second if I didn’t need it. It takes such a chunk of my life.

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FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

my profession is my identity

How very sad for you.

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- ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Eh, no one says “how sad” when a person’s Identity is creating art. I’m an engineer so I create practical things, but that doesn’t mean I have less passion for what I do.
  
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  - FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Having passion for something and using it as the basis of your identity are two very different things. If a painter says that painting is their identity, yes, I would say that was sad too.
    
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    ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    What would you say is a good basis for one’s identity?
    
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