• tempest@lemmy.ca
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    2 days ago

    I’m sure you don’t need me to tell you this but it isn’t all rainbows and sunshine in the trades either, especially for the self employed.

    When you’re young it’s fine but as you get older your body starts to wear out and dragging water heaters out of some crawlspace or running wire in a non air conditioned attic becomes harder.

    Still, sitting for 8 hours a day a desk can be bad for you too I guess. 6 of one, half a dozen of the other.

    • bitjunkie@lemmy.world
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      2 days ago

      It’s pretty easy to extrapolate this to the whole concept of a full-time job being bad for you. It’s not whether you’re wearing out your body or your mind more, it’s that modern life requires you to wear yourself out just to survive.