The second part is what you want, and then that first part is what movies and TV shows tell you that you want.
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Or, the first is what you want, the second is what you actually have capacity for, at least after work and chores are done
I've been doing the second for years and it's left me deeply unhappy.
I just want to enjoy my time here and be surrounded by loving people and give them love back. is that too much to ask?
Yes. All that interferes with you being a disposable flesh robot with the your only purpose being generating value for someone else.
You could be the someone else but your priorities must change to oppressing others to generate value.
That's just balance. We need to have rich social lives and also have downtime to ourselves. Too often we are forced to choose and as a result statements like these make everything seem impossible
I know when I feel this way it's usually because work is burning me out.