Your Life Is The Most Precious Commodity

The light of idealism that once guided actions has been snuffed out by a socioeconomic system that stymies ambitions, and the desire to grow as a human.

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There was a time when a person’s value was defined by the value of their bank account. This misunderstood sense of self-worth day by day devoured creativity and our sense of joy. In its place was left behind a program, a calendar, a schedule, a shift, another Zoom meeting, another day. The banality of 9–5 in combination with working from home, the strict code by which one decides when to wash, when to eat, what to eat, when to go, when to stay, and when to sleep has become a part of our self-definition and self-isolation. The vapidity in our routines, our relentless reliance on social media for human connection, and our inability to physically experience the world are the primary tools in the oppression of everyday life, the exertion of power from within ourselves upon ourselves.

Recounting The Bleak History of the Last 10–15 Years

There exist at least two versions of history that different generations tell themselves. For millennials like myself, the last 10–15 years have not been kind.