Workaholic culture makes me sick.

If you feel the same, you should stick around this newsletter.

I see this in older generations a lot: people tend to stimulate you to have a "real job". Whatever that means.

Having an online business, or just being a freelancer isn't a real job according to them.

They can't see the potential.

They'd rather work themselves to death and don't take care of their mental health.

And I can't even blame them. It's heavily ingrained in our culture.

The general idea was that if you worked hard you'd get rewarded accordingly.

But that isn't the case anymore.

Last two decades, the internet has taken over the world.

Making money happens on the internet. The biggest investors in the world make their money trading or investing in internet or technology companies like Apple, Amazon, or Microsoft.

We aren’t in the 80s anymore.

People want to be independent.

And don't get overworked.

Working full-time and often more than that will eventually destroy you.

We’re humans, not robots, and are not meant to do this brain-killing work for 40 hours a week for the rest of our lives. We need some happiness too.

Most people are actually waiting for the weekend to come, that’s sad.

Because that means you don’t like what you do. For me, there’s no difference between a weekday and a day on the weekend because I love what I do.

If you could start doing what you like instead of what you think you should do, you’d be able to become happier and more satisfied with your life.

This new wave of work, for example, The Creator Economy helps a lot of people to be successful. People who would normally have a generally boring job can now thrive because of the internet.

People like me.

I'm autistic and hate the culture around work and social expectations.

But first I want to introduce you to a newsletter.​

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Autistic People in the Work Field

When you're autistic or anywhere on the spectrum you might find trouble in working in traditional situations and companies.

That sucks.

You want to work (or make money at least) but you just can't because of the way our society is built.

These days it's all about "diversity and inclusive workplaces", but what about neurodiverse people?

It's still all work hard paid little.

Mentally draining jobs are going to disappear eventually because people can't take it anymore. It's not about discipline or work mentality, it's about not working yourself to death.

The number of young working people with burnout symptoms increasing, especially women.

Of this group, 25 percent experienced complaints in 2020; last year that percentage had risen to 29. Among men, the percentage was 23 last year.

That isn't a good sign.

But we can't change culture straight away.

It takes years to even have a little shift in this culture.

So that's why we have to do it ourselves by finding alternative jobs and solutions to make money.

For example, writing on the internet or doing anything for yourself.

The amount of freelancers has never been bigger.

As previously stated, people want to be independent.

And that's not going to change. That group is only getting bigger.

What do you think of this topic? Let me know. ​
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