r/GetMotivated • u/ellierwrites • Oct 09 '24

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Saw this on LinkedIn.

You'd be amazed how different you and your life could be if you dedicated just one hour to learning or building something for 365 days.

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u/stormquiver Oct 09 '24

Mine changed in less than a hour. Permanently disabled.

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u/sdonnelly99 Oct 10 '24

Completely understand. Not being able to work sucks. People don’t realize how much of Americans’ identities revolve around their careers and/or what they do for a living, and when you no longer are able to work, it’s so easy to lose your identity and begin to feel useless/like a burden to those around you.

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u/RubiiJee Oct 10 '24

This isn't really an American problem. It's a societal problem across most of the world. The first thing we do when meeting someone new is ask what they do for employment. As a society, we immediately link someone's identity to their job, which allows us to make a lot of assumptions about them, and their ability to consume. It's wild when you think about it but it's just the way we've learned to think as we've grown up.