I've been going along quite nicely the last few days and quite suddenly - within the last half hour - I've hit an absolute wall of depression. Normal coping strategies aren't working just now.
So I’m 100% with @mekkaokereke
that people getting conservative as they age is a lie. (My 86 year old dad has gotten more liberal and militant with age. Same for my mom before she passed.)
But … I’m finding that I’m preferring old & #medieval things the older I get. (I literally just bought a leather costrel on Etsy.) They’re simpler, more environmentally friendly and durable things and suddenly I’m like … oh god, am I turning “conservative”?! Like literally, that’s conserving old stuff …
It occurred to me today that the social value of the open-source work I do in my free time has probably been an order of magnitude more useful to the world than everything I've ever done as a paid employee. Needing to seek a wage almost certainly makes me a less productive member of society than I would otherwise be.
@jsbarretto
I'm super lucky to work in a job that I believe helps people, but it took me over 10 years of work to find that place. Until then, I was definitely in your position and even worked a few places that made me feel like I was making the world worse. 😕
@jsbarretto I mostly work on projects designed to improve healthcare services for vulnerable populations. It ain't sexy, and I won't get rich, but I feel good about it.