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I realized no one else was playing by the rules, so I stopped.
Once you have your entire day to yourself, you find some interesting if not ethically questionable ways to make money.
from overworked salaryman to overworked salaryman
The underlying 'story' is the shift and change in the Japanese society, in the last two decades. Before, Japanese workers were bound and 'loyal' to a life-long workplace. Unemployment was low and rare. Changing jobs was frowned upon.
The more 'modern' society, taking notes from the Western culture - including the Silicon Valley types, in latest years, makes the younger Japanese workforce break from traditions. They do not mind changing their workplace. Quitting their job for a new, different one.
More flexibility is adding risk to their lives, but also opportunities for a better, wealthier, happier life? Something, they - as a society - do not know, the way a low-income U.S. worker knows painfully too well - having multiple jobs, living from paycheck to paycheck Getting hired and fired is a custom way of living.
Even more interesting to me, is what will happen in South Korea in the next decade or two. While Japan is showing movement (see article), the aging demographic in South Korea is in for the same big challenge. Aging population, with a smaller workforce, and stuck with the same kind of rigid traditions, is going to have a drastic impact on their lives and wealth. Breaking with tradition to adapt - as a society, with strict rules and customs - is hard to manage top-down?
Whether work or spouse - ride the mule to the top of the hill.
I gave up on work after COVID and just created a few online grifts.
1. Find a group of people who want to be fed their own pre-existing biases.
2. Open a Patreon and begin feeding those biases.
3. Profit.
Optimally do it to some group you loathe, as then you're draining resources they could otherwise spend on ♥♥♥♥ you disagree with.
Don't get greedy. Stay small. Under the radar. Make enough to pay the bills. Occasionally give back to the community, token paltry amounts or prizes that cost nothing, as this makes you seem more legit, less grifty, and builds their trust.
Ensure "for entertainment purposes only" is worked into the grift somewhere.