In our world, there is an over abundance of bullshit jobs and by bullshit jobs, I mean jobs don’t actually create much value. I believe many of these are government jobs but sometimes they also exist based on outdated ideas or lack of understanding of how some systems work.

For example, I used to work a bullshit job where I had to ensure that no criminal activity was happening. I quickly found out that systems could be built in a way where there wasn’t a need for my position at all. This position was mandated and required by the government because a while ago, the systems needed someone to ensure that nothing bad was going on. However, nowadays, there is a branch of specialization where things are safe simply through their design.

What I mean by safe through design is that in many systems, we can place guard rails, fences or boundaries so that it protects the things within that ecosystem. So, rather than create an entire job that ensures that this happens, it could simply be a branch of knowledge. This was part of the reason why I quit the job in the first place. I realized it was a made up job that wasn’t necessary and actually a bullshit job made by the government.

While I was paid quite a handsome sum of money, I didn’t see any future or meaning in what I was doing. I wasn’t going to create a future career with what I was doing so why was I doing it in the first place? It was a clear answer, I was doing it for the money, which wasn’t a bad answer. It also wasn’t the best. I had some inner turmoil with what I was doing because day in and day out I felt like I was wasting my life and indeed I was. I came in, sat there, wrote a few things and found out that I had been living a lie. The lie was that I wasn’t doing honest work. There had been a lot of time where I simply slacked off and did my own thing. Granted I was highly efficient at my job and always had been a highly efficient person, I wasn’t being purposeful. I ended up making one of the biggest and hardest decisions of my life, quitting a high paying job for a better future.

While I didn’t know what I would do next, I knew that if I continued on that path, I would lose my sanity because I didn’t care about what I was doing. The high pay was no longer enough to satisfy my desire for a fulfilling life. In order for me to have a fulfilling life, I had to do what a person who wanted a fulfilling would do. While it was incredibly hard to quit, I believe that if we put our minds to it and set out to help as many people or things out there was possible, we are able to achieve greatness and wealth.

I was able to prove that I was able to get paid a lot of money, which means it’s also possible for me to make money doing what I find meaningful such as creative work like this blog. Not only is this deliberate and purposeful but it was partly what I was doing before. Instead of writing for the company, I am now doing my best to write for the world. I believe that success will come with time eventually and the money will grow beyond the income that I once thought was high.

So, I hope you’re doing honest work and if you aren’t that’s fine too. I’m not here to judge but I am here to tell those who don’t do honest work that one day, the income may not be enough to justify the hours of meaningless work. So, I hope you learn faster than I did.

Until the next post, thank you for reading!