It’s a pretty bleak outlook when everyone you know is highly educated, independently brilliant, and somehow laboring 3 ordinary tasks trying to get by.
This is the curse of my generation, I suppose, and we’re all in this together to some extent.
That being said, I’m absolutely tired of this particular curse already, and I have a long time in the laboring world ahead of me; At this point, I work a full time task and two part time gigs just trying to support myself – literally just trying to keep hot through the winter. These afternoons, my fourth task is entirely serving to spend money off my ungodly energy costs every month, because lord knows I can’t afford to live in a well insulated house with a laboring Heating, Ventilation & A/C system. Instead, I reside in a tiny little ramshackle home, a solid 45 minute commute from the city, and barely make enough money to spend money for rent and my daily utilities. The heating and cooling system, alone, takes well over 20% of my check several months. Think about that – the cost of keeping a one family room house hot through the winter time and relatively cool through the summer time is a second of my income. I’ve tried having the landlord inspect the Heating, Ventilation & A/C system, because clearly there is a major issue with the efficiency of the heating and cooling equipment, if not the HVAC ductwork itself. However, this grumpy seasoned man just thinks I’m a groaning and moaning millennial with no leg to sit on. I can tell you, if my energy expenditure doesn’t improve, soon I absolutely won’t have an arm or a leg.