Labor class thoughts and journal...

Seems if part of 'labor class', that no matter how hard you work, always broke, or near broke

Seems if part of labor class, those who are employed do to physical skills, or endurance, seems no matter how hard one works, always broke or near broke.

This bill, that bill, it's all a sham, and to me, learning to live 'off grid' or simpler means, is the answer, cause the more you're plugged into the system, as labor type, the more you simply waste time and energy.

I'd rather let go of 'ego' and have lots of money, than keep ego, and be broke all the time trying to hang with the 'Jones'...

If I had to work today, I think I'd vomit, in that I so needed today off, every week should be a 3 day weekend, I mean working 5 days a week sure isn't getting me, most people, anywhere.

I haven't been very eager or happy towards anything lately, but it's an accumulation of stuff.

I hate this idea that as working class, you've either got to work yourself to death, take all kinds of risks to health, safety, to earn just enough to get buy, or just completely go homeless, there's really no in between, if taking care of self.

I don't even want or need to be rich anymore, rather I just want to be left alone, and not live around anyone I can't get along with culturally.

But sad thing is, if not rich, forced to do the above, in that always bothered, and always forced to live around those you culturally clash with, as in apartment living, commuting to work around hyper aggressive drivers and more, to even the people you run into at local convenient stores.

Todays society is set up though, so that if not rich, forced to live in 'clumps', in that only the wealthy can afford to live way out, acres of land, in many places, are in the millions, or $500,000 dollar range, average income types long ago priced out, and if do buy, get a loan for, than spend all of healthy life paying for it.

In the past just build a hut, cabin, and it's done, but modern day Real Estate enterprise has made life hell for many.

Zoning of land, private property and so forth has made some rich, and keeps others very poor.

I've observed people who work all their lives, for eager wage, and still end up with nothing, just go downtown and drive around, what happened to those peoples dreams?

And if barely making it while healthy, what happens when health begins to fade?

If alone and poor, there really is no sound safe ending.

The majority of us are just cattle for corporations and Governments, our labor, keeps investors rich, keeps Governments rich.

Governments simply redirects our money towards capital investors, people elected, campaigns funded, so that once in office can funnel tax payer money 'their way', that's really all there is to it.

Don't matter whether Dem or Rep politician, they all do the exact same thing, funnel money from tax payers back to corporations in the forms of grants, Gov backed loans, contracts, spending bills, and more.

Then when get out of office, return to the corporations they fed, or become lobbyist.

It's all a racket.

Oh well, no wonder so many find comfort in religion, heaven, the possibility of a better, after life, future cause if just dwell on the future man has laid out for one, it can get rather depressing.

4 day work week is all I want going forward

A 4 day work week is all I want going forward.

I have no reason to 'kill' self slowly by laboring 5 days a week anymore, just to be near broke anyways all of the time.

If going to be basically broke all the time than I'll make that scenerio work for me, my body and health.

Laboring just to labor makes no sense to me anymore.

Time is what I want now, time to relax, do as I please, or just sit and think.
This idea that one is going to physically labor all their healthy life, and then sit back in the end and enjoy fruits of labor is absurd, most people, especially if male, never ever make it to the end.

So the way I figure it, why not slow down a bit way before the end comes?
While still healthy, can walk, can see.

Well, as of now I've made that decision, 4 day work weeks going forward, already poor, so what's it matter...but I'll make being poor work for me, and with that extra day of rest, can figure out ways to earn 'passive income', that is income that doesn't require you to destroy your body through laboring.

Also, I notice, like many others, is that you don't really wake up until that 3rd straight day of rest, then you wake up and begin to discover things again that can help you.
In that far enough removed from past work week that begin to discover self again, begin to discover what makes you happy, what makes you smile, and more.

Ye sure, I'm poor, but have everything I need to survive, as long as I can pay rent, have nice view, have vehicle and can eat...what else do I really need?

I'm poor, but oddly enough right now I have what the wealthy have, and that is 'time' and flexibility of schedule.

It takes a lot of energy just to be apart of the working class poor

It takes a lot of energy in order to be apart of the working class poor reality.

I mean think about it.

Up between 4-7 am, depending on start time.
Then
1. Gotta prepare lunch, if didn't do night before, and if didn't prepare lunch than prepare to spend $10+ dollars that 8-12 hour day satisfying appetite (sorry rich snobs, but when you physically labor, you burn calories, which = appetite so can have energy to continue working)

2. Then gotta commute to work, another 20-60 minutes of time and energy one way, and not even getting paid you, so just prep work to go to work takes like 90 minutes or so.

And I could go on and one and on, gas for vehicle, wear and tear on vehicle, bangs on vehicle that would not have got if at home.

Not to mention work place injuries that could and do occur.

And this is all if single, now if a parent or single parent, Day care and more, baby sitter and more.

It takes a lot of time and energy even when apart of the working poor.

And what amazes me is that America, this society, is set up to keep people 'needy'...as demonstrated with Gov shutdown, I mean I was shocked at how many even Gov workers are living basically check to check also...why?

Congressional spending bills in the trillions, yet can't pay workers better?

It's deliberate folks, deliberate and by design, to keep all of society one or two checks away from nothing....keep your pet needy and close so they don't get any ideas about independence and freedom...keep you pet hungry, so they'll always need you.

More and more are waking up to this dark reality, a designed deliberate reality, which I'll get into later and or even link to those who orate it.

Still only doing 4 days a week.

And the reason why is cause after a while 'Time' becomes more precious than whatever small income you'll earn by working that extra day, I mean if working that extra day really mattered, most would be millionaires by now.

I just got tired of waiting 2-4 months for 3 day weekends, so told self 'why not create 3 day weekend every week?'.

As a result

1. I feel healthier

2. I feel a bit happier

And that's basically it, but what else really matters?

I'll never be a millionaire, so why work self to death just to work?

I work enough to earn enough income to pay bills and be poor, like I'd be even if worked 5 days per week.

In fact I just adjust spending habits so lost income barely noticed and getting around the same hours, since work longer days, so in the end actually saving in that going to work costs money, as in fuel, lunch, food, and other misc buying one does when at the job.

I simply spend less now.

Time is more valuable to me now than money.

I may not be rich, but at least I have more time to self now, which could open up other doors.

It's so nice having 3 days off instead of just 2, I mean if tonight was Saturday night, instead of Friday night, which body keeps thinking is Saturday night, I'd have no time to really recoup.

Cause first day off is always a mangled one, a day to be a bit clumsy. I so need 3 days off now and going forward, cause as I begin to 'fade out' of this world (we all are) I realize man, mans stuff, false promises, perceptions of grander, I guess just wasn't for me, so why should I commit anymore time to 'it' than I must?
I'm going to die poor whether I work 6 days a week or 4.

I'll take my 4.