# Breaking the Meta - Daily #1

By [Untitled](https://paragraph.com/@0x664fa09fed66f2dd0343d748757e00a9eebbb3c2) · 2023-07-04

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Just started working  
  
My mind is already torn  
  
Is this what I’ve been working towards these past years?  
  
Reading, writing and agitating the theoretical brain cells all throughout university  
  
Five years of this, for this?  
  
37 hours of desk staring on datasheets to satisfy the higher-ups  
  
It might come with an average salary that should make anyone happy  
  
Money to spend on holidays and eating out  
  
But I’m not happy  
  
Were my expectations too high?  
  
Should I just suck it up?  
  
Maybe find another job?  
  
I’m not hallucinating. I can’t endure this long term.  
  
Wage-slaving is all I see, in meeting rooms I don’t care about  
  
Shitty canteen food, day-in-day-out - might even be the worst of it.  
  
Overhearing colleagues speaking about the their stupid kids, the rat race and their recent travels  
  
Wilted souls of routine, flatline life  
  
Will this be me in a few years?  
  
It might already be…  
  
Breaking the meta will be my saviour.

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*Originally published on [Untitled](https://paragraph.com/@0x664fa09fed66f2dd0343d748757e00a9eebbb3c2/breaking-the-meta-daily-1)*