I’ve been thinking recently about the psychological effects that work has on us as people. I’ve surely emphasized the physical aspects time and time again in this blog, but I think focusing on some of the deeper issues that are less seen and thus less talked about could be fruitful as well. For example, at…
I’ve talked before about noted Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard and his ideas on idleness and boredom. Those excerpts came from a book entitled Either/Or: A Fragment of Life that focuses on how to live an ethical life. Another part of this book also includes the topic of busyness, with Kierkegaard remarking that: Of all ridiculous…
Hate to say this but I think the writing on the wall (who graffiti-ed my wall?!) has been here for a while. I simply view reading each chapter as a chore and don’t enjoy taking notes. Mostly because the book isn’t as relevant to anti-work as I thought or was led to believe by the…
Because I enjoy the absurdity of life and all that brings, I also tend to like irony and pointing it out. I like dawdling on the things that make people think, even if that thinking is mostly interrupted thoughts that are wildly disjointed and interspersed with “Why is that racoon carrying an AK 47 without…
Wow, it’s been a while since this has happened! By my count it’s been over two years since I last did one of these but right now it’s the article idea that’s on the forefront of my mind. I’ll probably do an review of Stalin’s Peasants (chapter 11) on Wednesday but I figured I’d keep…
Last night I went from mildly disliking my job to hating it. I have all of these extra responsibilities that I have to do in lieu of customer service. Because I work the third shift and it’s sometimes not busy, they have us clean up most of the store for the morning crew. You have…
Okay, it’s not actually and I just really like puns. So I’ve been sitting on this story for a bit and want to share the round up of (old) news on this. Apparently Finland is going to (starting next year) have a small scale UBI that targets around 10,000 individuals to see how effective the…
I’m excited to write about the topic of boredom again given how popular my previous piece on it has been on this site. In that post I explored whether boredom was as bad as many people presume and I went at length to discuss the differences between being simply bored in the moment and bored…
This update will be slightly shorter than usual partially because June had far less content than I usually go for due to a mix of looking for a job, Porcfest, having strep throat and other writings taking up my time. I hope to make up for that in July but with a job and some…
I’m working at another convenience store. Sadly I’m not making enough money on here or C4SS to live off of (though it’s not bad and I appreciate that money for sure). So I have to take up a 20+ hour part-time job in the meantime until I can figure something else. It’s just to pay…