And than showing utmost disrespect by gaslighting and diminishing their described experience/state of mind.
Do you really think these "I'm not a... but' or" While I... but" comments add positively to the discussion? Why not accept that the author is in the described state, acknowledge what you read and then, without snark, write that you wished you would be able to have a sabbatical from your 9to5 job.
Because than some people might be able to point out that there maybe are ways to achieve this. I know a lot of people that did that with a regular 9to5 job.
Sure depends on the circumstances. But not impossible.
This comment seems to be more about your situation than it is about his.
We aren't crabs in a pot. Someone else doing a good thing does not make your life worse. You can simultaneously strive for making your own life better and celebrate someone else doing something healthy for themselves.
> Stop aggrandizing him, it doesn’t take courage to take time off, it takes money. Hypocrites.
This is a fine point to make, and I 100% agree.
But your excellent point is ruined by the obnoxious negativity preceding it. It's obvious you're incredibly envious, and you've allowed your envy to turn you bitter.
But more on topic, there was another thread somewhat recently where I commented a similar thing: There are so many people that rave about how much happier they are once they quit their job and started just doing things they want to do like travel the world and work on projects they deem enjoyable. These people conveniently leave out the fact that they've got a 7-figure savings account to fund their activities. They will literally ask minimum wage workers why they work shitty jobs instead of going backpacking in New Zealand or some shit.
No, it's not very fair he's been able to coast through most of his adult life by scrounging up links to things that elder millennial nerds find neat, but taking swipes at a person who's been going through turmoil for a few years (apparently eight, but it's been coming across in his writing for at least the past two) does nothing to change that.
Telling kids to clear their plates because there are children starving in Africa doesn't actually help feed those children.
Because mental health issues, burnout, and a general want to do something different at some point in life can ONLY be experienced if you have a 9-5 job and bills to pay.
That’s asinine. The fact that someone thinks you could just not have a 9-5 job or bills to pay? Sure, I’ll just pull myself up by my bootstraps and suddenly not worry about a job or bills. Thanks, I’ll just let them eat cake instead!
You think there are no alternatives to 9-5 jobs? No people who work different shifts, no people who work 12hr days then take long days off? No people who work 9 months on / 3 months off? No people who work and live cheap while saving then spend the savings on long holidays because they want to? No people who have spent years building passive income sources so that they can one day take long breaks from working? No people who quit their jobs to live in the overdraft of their bank account?
And on top of that you think a sarcastic one-line complaint is a good contribution to the thread?
