I Have Faith In Hard Work

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this is evil at work.

this is something we’re conditioned to feel by our bullshit capitalist societies, which teach us that our only worth is our output.

this is capitalism teaching us to do it’s job for it - making us feel bad and self-hating so we act in accordance with it. making us so exhausted with self-loathing we have no energy to push back against the toxic ideology that makes us feel this way and change the system.

what i mean is -

if reaching your “full potential” means working so hard you make yourself miserable or mentally unwell - consider that it’s not a healthy, sustainable goal and was never meant to be.

capitalism doesn’t care if you’re happy, it only cares if you’re fulfilling your quota. whatever thing it streamed you into doing, if you don’t do it *this* much (i.e., a value that requires literally all of your time, energy, and emotional labour), then you’re a shitbag. you must be. 

because you have underutilized “potential” and they want to capitalize on it. and how better to wring out every drop from someone than to make sure they hate themselves if they’re giving less than 110% at any point.

and this isn’t taught to us by our teachers and parents on purpose. but it’s there, and it’s there in our narratives and our heroes (mundane and superpowered both). and it becomes this emotional radiation too us.

it takes time, and a lot of self-care and self-love, to unhook the barbs of capitalism that have stabbed so deep into our flesh. but it’s work worth doing - dismantling this self-loathing.

Focus on the sensations coming from your coffee.

Notice the warmth, the rising steam.

How does the cup feel in your hand?

When you take a sip, pay attention to the taste, the aroma.

As you swallow, feel the warm liquid.