In your own life, other people don't matter. 《Let's live a specialty life!》

■ Human society is a battlefield of one-upmanship

I often hear stories that when people go to class reunions, those who joined major companies or those who got a beautiful partner swing their arms around and try to one-up others.

In that regard, I have no friends and am never invited to class reunions in the first place, so there is no problem (?), but

if such a battle of one-upmanship were to unfold right in front of me, I would not be able to endure it mentally, and it would be inevitable that I would vomit like a waterfall.

Human society is built on comparison.

People are always concerned about where they stand compared to others.

Since people feel joy or sadness based on that, it could be said that this occurrence of a one-upmanship structure is, in a sense, a natural consequence.

What I want to focus on here is that there are people who make one-upping others the goal of their lives.

As I mentioned earlier, it is true that by one-upping others, people can enjoy the sweet nectar of success.

That is precisely why there are people who engage in work they don't want to do at major companies just to satisfy the desire to 'be superior to others'.

Even if you have something you truly want to do, if you realize that it won't allow you to assert dominance over others, you might end up suppressing that desire.

Have you not forcibly narrowed the scope of your career choices just to boast to those around you, or to give your parents a sense of security?

To me, engaging in a job solely to gain fame rather than doing the work you truly want to do can only be described as 'foolish.'

Most company employees are forced to work 8 hours a day, 5 days a week.

On the other hand, if the only time you can boast to others is at a once-a-year class reunion, there is nothing more cost-ineffective and disappointing than that.

How many people are there who fail to notice this disappointing structure, continue to drag themselves through work they don't want to do, and waste their lives away?

■ The fate of being dominated

I have previously stated that by placing yourself within a comparative society, you can enjoy the sweet nectar of asserting dominance, but

placing yourself within a structure of dominance also easily leads to being dominated yourself.

Even if you join a large corporation, there are countless such people, and since it is a society where there are many people like business owners who earn more money and have become superior to those in large corporations,

being easily one-upped is the inevitable outcome.

In other words, no matter how high you climb, there is always someone higher, and there is no end to it is the nature of this human society, so people who place themselves in a comparative society and keep one-upping others will eventually meet such a superior being and fall into despair, thinking, '

I am so small...'.

People who do work they don't want to do just to one-up others completely lose their sense of self-worth here.

It's sad, isn't it.

That is precisely why you need to find work that your soul truly craves.

Work that allows you to feel a sense of fulfillment without involving others is your 'true work,' and work that allows you to one-up others is not your 'true work.'

■ My story of working in a 'bottom-tier job'

Now, let me tell you my own story.
I currently work in the 'transportation industry'.

The 'transportation industry' is generally said to be one of the occupations called a 'bottom-tier job'.

Recently, an article titled
Bottom-Tier Job Ranking also caused a stir.

The 12 occupations listed as bottom-tier jobs in that article are as follows.

'Civil engineering/construction worker', 'security staff', 'factory worker', 'warehouse worker', 'convenience store clerk', 'cleaning staff', 'truck driver', 'garbage collection staff', 'restaurant staff', 'caregiver', 'nursery teacher', 'call center staff'

Remarkably, truck drivers are also ranked in there.

However, I was not moved at all when I saw this.

That is because I myself felt satisfied with this job, and no matter what those around me say, the foundation of that does not waver.

I can work silently without interacting with people, and I can read books or listen to music all day long,

so I love this job from the bottom of my heart, and even if it looks like a bottom-tier job to others, to me, it only looks like an extremely noble and wonderful job.

▼ Article discussing the transport industry in detail

In the first place, people who work desperately hard, sweating and toiling, are equally noble, so I think it's pathetic to decide that a job is bottom-tier or whatever based on the occupation.

Such people are probably nothing more than a 'bird in a cage' trapped within a narrow field of view.

They are likely sad creatures who live only to be respected by others within that narrow field of view.

Ignore what such people say and
let's look at the world freely.

Without going through strange filters,
please create your own life.

Only beyond that is there true happiness.

I hope you will acquire the
aesthetic eye to find true happiness.

Finally,

I will introduce a book to break down social stereotypes. for that purpose.

“Theory of Unhappiness” by Yoshimichi Nakajima is the book.

This book is an excellent read that serves as an antithesis to the values that society generally considers 'happiness,' and it makes you realize once again how pushy those values can be. Events that the majority consider happy, such as marriage and childbirth, are by no means universal for everyone. Therefore, it makes you think about how individuals need to search for a place that is comfortable for them, and whether modern society's very pursuit of happiness might be fundamentally flawed. Please give it a read. ↓The price is bugged.

In closing,

Lastly,

I am dedicated to creating electronic music under the name
mimic wood owls.


This time,

there was a female cat who dressed up stylishly and strutted elegantly through the city. A celebrity party was coming up that day, and she couldn't stop grinning as she fantasized about this and that with a handsome cat. At this moment, the female cat didn't yet know that she would step on a banana peel and fall clumsily before the party.


This is a song that carries that kind of transparency.

I would be happy if you clicked the play button on the video below before you leave. Subscribing to my YouTube channel would also make me ecstatic.

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