I’ve been dabbling in the past year and a half with getting into orgs, which haven’t been that hard since I live in a big city, but I still had trouble staying consistent with it or feeling like I have any actual impact.
I went through orgs dealing with asylum seekers, unions for part-time workers, food security, fun local events that raise money for the aforementioned food security project, and now I landed in an org dealing with helping low-wage workers getting benefits that their employers stole from them. Most of them are refugees, some are Palestinians, which does feel somewhat impactful, but it’s still a minority.
These were all great orgs with moral people, but the catch is that I can’t be passive with it like in my work. There aren’t really any managers that are responsible for finding me work at these orgs, because they’re busy with their own work. There are no Bullshit Jobs there. I need to ask around and find work myself.
This is exhausting, especially while juggling a 9-5 and a couple of hobbies, and while I’m fully aware of the capitalistic scam of keeping us busy working instead of organizing, I’m yet still frustrated with it. Anyone feeling the same? I hope it’ll get more impactful as my life gets more stable, and I have an overall optimistic feeling about this, but non the less the helplessness I feel right now is real :(
Pretty bad. My studies are frankly overwhelming, to the point in which I can picture my membership inside an organization as consisting of my name being written in an archive and nothing else. I am waiting to be done with university first, and in the meanwhile I try to become as educated in theory as I can.
I feel you, couldn’t complete my degree because I hate it to the bone and it was too draining. Whatcha learning?
Medicine. Don’t get me wrong: I love it (even if it does not love me back) and I would rather commit seppuku before dropping out, especially due to how hard it was for me to get in. However, one needs to be realistic in this matter and be aware that before being able to help others, one must first take care of themselves.