I AM NOT THAT
I’ve tied to self worth to my bank account balance for most of my adult life. I think its what America does to people because we’ve been finacialized & commoditized and disposed of for so long!
Do you have an advanced degree?
Do you drive a new car?
Do you own a home?
Do you have a 401k for retirement?
Are you married with children?
Are you thin enough?
Did you keep your hair?
Did you go grey?
Measures of my manhood and success.
But any disaster of losing one’s business, having an illness, enduring recessions, family problems, illnesses in the family, all of these and more can kick the legs out from underneath a person.
Some turn to drinking, others to drugs, some meet sudden deaths as a result of the deadly fentynal today, others live lives of despair quietly, some turn to violence against themselves or others. Many die a decade earlier than people with financial stability & the basics of life do.
This country is setup to fit everyone into the right slot, round pegs in round holes, square pegs in square holes, workers, managers, owners, wifes, husbands, we must conform or we are broken, obsolete, discarded like yesterdays fashion.
