Being the mother of a teenage son and full-time contractor at a B.S. job, I have a lot on my plate. Between the stress generated at work and the stress generated at home, I am at my wit’s end – frequently. I need a break, but asking for a vacation at work is almost like asking for a raise; I get looked at like I’m asking to sacrifice their first born.
Like I mentioned in my last article about unhappy situations, I essentially have three choices. They are:
1. I can change the situation
2. I can accept the situation
3. I can walk away from the situation
I can’t walk away from it unless I want my family to starve and I most certainly shouldn’t accept the situation. So how do I change it?
As a modern day wage slave, I feel my job is completely useless and meaningless. I actually officially came to this conclusion recently as I was scanning some papers at work. Imagine at my funeral (hopefully many years from now) someone giving a eulogy stating that 
The rusty wheels in my head started to turn at that point and I started to realize how little I am going to have by the time I reach retirement age if I continue on the same path. Not only how little money I’ll have, but also how little of my sanity I will have. I’ll take the sanity any day.
In case you’re still asleep like I’ve been for so long, let’s do a little math together, shall we?
The average American person spends 40 to 45 years in the workforce and makes about $50,000 USD per year. I apologize if you’re not American, but these numbers could still be powerful for you, so bear with me. Some people spend much more than 45 years working, but let’s just use the low end number since 40 is nice and round. I realize as people get older, they usually (though not always) earn more money, but let’s use a consistent $50,000 per annum as our number.
40 X $50,000 = $2,000,000
All that stress and ass kissing 40 hours a week for 40 years and all we get is $2,000,000? Obviously we can’t save the majority of that $2 million. Most of it goes to housing, raising children, health care, taxes, education, car expenses, and household expenses. The average person (who btw probably doesn’t invest their extra money) is lucky if he or she is left with anything at all – including an intact marriage if there ever was one. If you’re married, what is that – $4,000,000?
What a scam. The world is changing, and we're on to you, Mr. Employer!
Why would anyone want to stay in a thankless, pointless job that long? What is there to show for it other than anger, stress, health issues, and probably a broken marriage?
Now back to my question. How do I change my situation? How do you change YOUR situation?
I don’t exactly know yet, but I’m very glad Steemit exists. I hope it can become a way of life for more people. Money making and cryptocurrency articles are not exactly my type of writing, but I have seen more hope here than I have elsewhere in a very long time. With that said, when you see excellence, don’t be afraid to upvote it. And don’t be afraid to share your own excellence with us here in the Steemit world. We are all in this together. Let's work smarter, not harder.
Now I’m off to upvote some posts…