crazy how the real world post-education is seemingly built to overwhelm you with problems, burdens, and exhaustion that we can’t properly fight for the things we believe in and care about
i was reading Your Money or Your Life, and it mentioned about the ecological footprint. it’s been so many years since i’ve thought about it, and i did used to care and campaign for environmental change so so much more, whether it be lobbying with my fellow classmates, enacting green programs like composting on-campus, or just educating our peers what proper recycling and potential contamination was. anyways, a bit of a throwback, and i feel like it’s not an isolated problem.
i get that im more overwhelmed with worries about money and the lack of retirement options for my parents, but even my peers endowed with tens of millions or more in inheritance seem to pursue only materialism, whether it be more money, reputation, or accumulation in general. would i be no better in their shoes? is this the intended byproduct of the systems built “for” us? leaves a bad taste in my mouth