If you’re having a third life crisis (which is what it’s probably closer to than midlife at 29), and it’s at all related to the topics discussed in this thread (modern hustle culture, work environment/productivity) read the book “Four Thousand Weeks.” It was game changing for me in a similar crisis at 29/30.

The thoughtful replies to my posts alone make me so happy to be on Lemmy. I hope this place stays the way it is.

“You’re not here to make a choice, you’ve already made it. You’re here to try and understand why you made it.”

-The Oracle.

To this day it’s the way I don’t worry about determinism and free will. It doesn’t matter if I truly was the one who made a choice or not—if it was predestined—I’m supposed to learn about why I made that choice.

It’s great. Reminds me more of Reddit when I joined in the early 2010’s.

I know some people got flack for the “Lemmy is great because” threads, but I honestly feel like the majority of Reddit refugees are probably not teenagers. I think the general Lemmy population is a bit older, so the interactions are just much better. I barely ever posted on Reddit post 2017 or so, but I’ve posted a ton so far on here.