Am I being too entitled?

Another ride around the sun and I am back with a question that’s been bothering me for a while. The universe cares for me after all. Or perhaps y’all wished too hard for the newsletter to return.

Some context first.

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Amidst all this, we are all collecting our pay checks. Doing work for work’s sake.

That’s the context. Now let’s talk about my entitlement.

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From what I know, working late hours and making sham PPTs is a part of nearly every job in the corporate world as well. Heck, even my mom as a school principal ends up working all the time, attending needless meetings and sending pointless data reports.

Looks like, all jobs suck.

Hence the question – am I being too entitled? Should I just shut up, take the kick to my gut and collect my pay check?

I can’t bring myself to do it. Not this way. Sometimes I wish I could find a middle ground between working full-time and working as a contractor. All I need from work is that –

1. I get paid well. Nothing exorbitant. None of your tech-bro millions. Just your regular mid-level corporate salary.
2. I get to work on interesting things. Please don’t make me create a Google Form or PPT every day of the week. Spice it up a little.
3. I get time to work on my hobbies. Like writing this newsletter. Or building cool little side projects like Deadline.

Turns out most full-time jobs offer 1 but not 2 and 3. And working as a contractor allows for 2 and 3 but often struggles with 1.

Am I asking for too much? Again, am I being entitled? I hope 2023 finds me a better work situation than this one.

Thoughts? Email / text as always.

Post Script

• I was hoping to write 52 pieces in 52 weeks in 2022. I wrote 24 till June. And then nothing. I did spend the second half of the year working on some cool little projects though. This year, my target is to do better than last. So that’s 1 down. At least 24 more to go.
• Do you have any questions? You know, something like, “hey man, you wrote about being worried if you were becoming a gambler, how’s that going for you?”. Just reply to this email. Or text me. Make me feel like an influencer.