Sounds like you work for someone. Develop or improve a hobby that can become your business. I am my own boss, and other than typical bs, (bills, vendors, annoying clients) it’s pretty good.
I set my own hours, dress code, and curate my product. I decide who I work with. I work long hours, but no one works harder for your business than you do. Usually it doesn’t seem like work, I’m rarely exhausted when I come home. When I worked for a big corporation I’d come home just mentally beat and do nothing but eat, drink and go to bed because my brain was worn out with the monotony and senseless bs I had to deal with on a daily basis.
I find that, in general, I’m happier and complain less these I used to. Now I can fix something that bothers me. When I had a matrix of bosses (no joke, some idiot thought it was a great idea and convinced managers to invoke that crap) I’d be tired just explaining to all of them that you can’t have multiple number 1 priorities and that it was their job to work out amongst themselves what the priority hierarchy was.
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