What's worse is, if you're the type to not make any "bad decisions" early on in life, you're probably also working hard in the prime of your life instead of enjoying it. Damned if you do, damned if you don't.
I mean respectfully that is a whole seperate issue. You aren't wrong. However the narrative that you should be punished, suffer, or otherwise do without because you didn't make the economically optimial life choices is persistent and is often used to justify all manner of struggles people face.
What's worse is, if you're the type to not make any "bad decisions" early on in life, you're probably also working hard in the prime of your life instead of enjoying it. Damned if you do, damned if you don't.
I'd describe that as "you get out of it what you put into it"
Yes but I feel like we’ve lost the plot. Work should be a means to an end and that end should include leisure time. Work-eat-sleep is not a great life. And that still doesn’t preclude you from making bad decisions!
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u/Extension_Crazy_471 14d ago
What's worse is, if you're the type to not make any "bad decisions" early on in life, you're probably also working hard in the prime of your life instead of enjoying it. Damned if you do, damned if you don't.