#ah did you notice that 400 is a pretty small proportion of 2080? yeah burnout sucks take care of yourself better than i did

[otatma]

gently explaining to a parent that no, i will not be making a living as an artist because the money sucks on median and i haven't had any hustle left for at least eight years

like

this is what the facts look like.

I got about 300-400 actually useful hours in any given year. out of 8,760 total. just to hit 75k — which is a lowball in this fucking economy, scarcely enough to make rent — I've got to keep someone convinced for years on end that my time is worth something like $250 per hour.

to call my resume 'thin' would be quite a stretch. I haven't worked in any verifiable way in nearly ten years. and when I did, my wage was like $13. and I still only had 300 real hours, so just padding those out to the full 2,080 expected of typical wageslaves was enough effort to compromise the other efforts.

did i ever mention i'm wildly burned out?

what the actual fuck are we even doing talking about employment anymore.

no wonder people hate math, these proportions are fucking terrifying.