Don't know how to get around this one. I feel at odds with how this world works and what it expects from me:

The 40+ hours per week for endless years with little payoff, the soulcrushing monotony, the politics, the individualism/hyper-competitiveness, removing freedoms/creativity, &amp; the threat of starvation if you can't keep up. It just all feels so wrong &amp; I continually get burnt out. People tell me that work is good for you--it gives you purpose &amp; furthers society--&amp; that if you dont work, you're human garbage. It's vehemently defended in almost a religious way. If I see thing differently, my mere existence feels offensive to others. Mental health this, mental health that, but all I get here is "suck it up or be homeless"--go die, is the implication.

When I look at what so much of our work actually supports--basically this rampant consumerism &amp; the associated mindset of greed/ never having enough, apathy, and 'survival-of-the-fittest'. All of this is leading to the destruction of our planet which makes me think, maybe I'm not so crazy? It's all meaningless. Unfortunately, this thought gives me little solace...and every day I contemplate my fate. 

Reminds me of when I walk with my family: they are stressed &amp; trying to beat their previous time with eyes trained on the dirt path ahead. Meanwhile, I'm taking my time--taking in the sights and sounds of nature. Why can't we all just slow down a little bit...enjoy what we have?