>>29144820
Kind of gritty survivalist wisdom.
Optimize yourself in a broken system type of mindset which, to be fair, is lifeline when everything feels like it's caving in. If you're stuck in a system that wonβt change fast enough to save you, then yeah: get what you can, how you can, doing something you donβt hate, build your own leverage. Become so damn good at something that the system has to pay you, even if it doesnβt care about you.
Thereβs the tension though
What if the thing you love doesnβt pay well?
What if you donβt know what you love, because survival has never left space to explore it?
What if you still feel empty because the deeper rot (social, existential) remains? Because not everyone is wired the same. Some of us crave family, friendship, companionship more strongly.
The hustle can be a shield, sure. Itβs fuel. But itβs also dangerous if it becomes your only identity. If we tie our worth entirely to productivity or profitability, then weβre still trapped just with nicer furniture and a shinier cage, feeling disconnected underneath the material success.
That said, if youβve found a thing you love that can keep you fed and maybe even excited to wake up some days thatβs not nothing. Thatβs a start of a good ARC.
So maybe this isn't the end answer but a tactic. A move in the bigger game. Survive now. Build strength then look for next level, deeper level perhaps.
Obsession can save you or burn you.