Feeling everything so deeply is exhausting,
but the more I think about it, the more thankful
I am for this quality of sensitivity. It protects me.
It serves as a wellspring of creativity. It enhances
my intuition and allows me to appreciate beauty
in the smallest nuances. It makes me want to
listen, understand, and empathize with others.
I get to engage with life, love, and connection
in the most profound way. And while it has
its challenges, being sensitive is a gift
that I will never shame myself for.
There’s power in telling yourself ”no we don’t do that anymore” in response to self destructive urges.
Fun fact! Having a job every day is actually a fairly new thing.
In olden times, people had daily chores and other things to do but their workload/ daily working hours was actually much lower than it is today. Even in farming communities.
The concept of working super hard every day actually comes from capitalism, which in turn comes from Puritanical ideology.
The Puritans believed in salvation through work and in no play.
Early capitalists adopted this ideology because it meant higher productivity and therefore more money if their factories were running near constantly.
The idea of needing to be continuously productive in order to be useful/ allowed things like food and shelter, is actually quite an insidious ideal that is deeply rooted in the American culture.
4 day work weeks have actually proven to be more productive than the 5 day week. But corporations won't adopt it willingly because it means less of a stranglehold on their workers.
