batmangrundies@lemmy.worldtoAsklemmy@lemmy.ml•What is an event that changed how you view the world?
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1 year agoI dropped everything in my twenties to look after a dying family member.
Thought my family would support me when all was said and done. I left a very promising career to do this.
Everyone just kind of went their seperate ways and I almost ended up homeless. While my dad immediately found another woman, took all his money and fucked off.
I’m just starting to recover almost a decade later.
I’m kind these days, I think. But I’m not nice.
Hahaha I’m an Aussie in my thirties and leaving the office behind to start an Elec apprenticeship. Honestly I was good at what I did, but I hated it, and “knowledge workers” don’t have a union.
I like the dopamine rush afforded by projects having a definitive end.