it’s what we’re “supposed” to do. We’re taught to work extraordinarily hard in high school and then college, doing stuff we don’t care about, so we’ll find a “good job,” one with reliable pay, solid benefits, and maybe even a retirement plan. And then we’re supposed to work that soul-crushing job for 40 years so one day we might be able to retire and enjoy our lives for a few years (insurance actuarial studies have shown the average life span of a retiree is often only three years after retirement).
