Mary, Mary hold on tightly, over water, under the sea

[sovay]

Today was cold and grey and unspringlike; I didn't go out, I made myself dinner, I read a couple of books and a couple of scripts and worked on nothing except this story which I am still trying not to break. I don't seem to have the brain to work on anything else. I remember being able to multitask around fiction, but I suspect that was when I did not go years between completing stories. Both of the cats have been affectionate and inconvenient. I am telling myself it is not bad to have days like this.

Comments

[kore]

I blame P work ethic, BOOTSTRAPS! stupid American self-propagandizing, and especially late stage capitalism. Like, God forbid if every single little scrap of one's activities and thoughts aren't monetizable (sp). Or if theoretically you could be working on something for $$$ but need to do something, anything, else instead.

[sovay]

Like, God forbid if every single little scrap of one's activities and thoughts aren't monetizable (sp).

That too. Do what you love! But make sure you do it well enough to get paid for it! Otherwise what are you, some kind of entitled amateur? Do you have hobbies? Do you think you're rich?

[kore]

Yeah, and also if you "don't/can't" make money at whatever, obviously you're not really good at it, or don't really want to. And if you think not wanting to immediately monetize something is desirable, you must WANT to be poor.

[sovay]

And if you think not wanting to immediately monetize something is desirable, you must WANT to be poor.

I'm not saying this was not always part of American sociocultural programming, but I really believe it has worsened in my lifetime. Witness the (pfui) "gig economy."

[kore]

Oh, it's totally gotten way worse, I agree. Also double pfui on the gig 'economy'

https://www.epi.org/publication/uber-and-the-labor-market-uber-drivers-compensation-wages-and-the-scale-of-uber-and-the-gig-economy/