#rat-race — Public Fediverse posts

A quotation from Alan Watts

When we finally got down to something, which the individual says he really wants to do, I will say to him, you do that and forget the money, because, if you say that getting the money is the most important thing, you will spend your life completely wasting your time. You’ll be doing things you don’t like doing in order to go on living, that is to go on doing things you don’t like doing — which is stupid!

Alan Watts (1915–1973) Anglo-American philosopher, writer
Lecture (1969 ca.), “What If Money Was No Object?”

More about this quote: wist.info/watts-alan/85850/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #alanwatts #goals #living #makingaliving #misery #money #priority #ratrace #wealth

"Everywhere you look, you see people trying to turn their hobbies into side hustles, and their side hustles into some sort of brand.

What we've done is made survival look like a lifestyle choice."

#Economy #USA #HustleCulture #RatRace #Jobs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2hSeiTeFoM

Someone dropped this on my timeline and now I can't find it. Thank you though. I remember this pumping out of my clock radio, while listening to the cool FM station.
Wisdom that has stood the test of time - 46 years
#theSpecials #ratRace
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmkMEoVb6rA

RAT RACE
The Endless Chase for Money

At what point does earning a living become an endless race that consumes our lives?

My latest article explores our relationship with money, purpose, and what it really means to be wealthy.

🔗 Article link below

https://medium.com/@dianabasieseme_60028/rat-race-42504d7cfa8d?sk=52426ad2d7e2b9d567eb9523673306fc

Visual created with AI.

#RatRace #Money #Minimalism #Purpose #Writing #PersonalGrowth

A quotation from Bertrand Russell

And always, in our highly regularised way of life, [the modern man] is obsessed by thoughts of the morrow. Of all the precepts in the Gospels the one that Christians have most neglected is the commandment to take no thought for the morrow. If a man is prudent, thought for the morrow will lead him to save; if he is imprudent, it will make him apprehensive of being unable to pay his debts. In either case the moment loses its savour. Everything is organised, nothing is spontaneous.

Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) English mathematician and philosopher
Lecture (1949-01-09), “The Role of Individuality,” Reith Lecture, “Authority and the Individual” No. 3, BBC Radio

More about this quote: wist.info/russell-bertrand/843…

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Head and Feet Blues (SONG)

One of my favorites when Jeremiahs Run was still performing live.

This is a story about a man who split himself in two.
One part stayed the same the other just grew and grew.
One part stayed in one place, the other up and joined the ratrace.
He had his head in one place and his feet in another.

Head in one place feet in another. You got your head in one place, your feet in another. Your heart’s disconnected one way or the other. Head in one place feet in another.

The part that never changed was always true,
it was always old and the growing part was always new.
While one part was dying from entropy the other part was dying from too much speed,
Head in one place feet in another.

Head in one place feet in another. You got your head in one place, your feet in another. Your heart’s disconnected one way or the other. Head in one place feet in another.

I heard a story about a man who split himself in two.
One part stayed the same, the other just grew and grew.
I got to wondering when the story was through which part was me and which part was you.
Head in one place feet in another

Head in one place feet in another. You got your head in one place, your feet in another. Your heart’s disconnected one way or the other. Head in one place feet in another.

Song written October 27, 1998

Het gaat bij Eva nu over de grote onvrede over de pakketbezorging in Nederland.

Ik vind het zelf meevallen en wij bestellen best vaak online. Af en toe komt het eens voor dat we naar een pakketpunt moeten, terwijl ik gewoon thuis was. Maar ja, die bezorgers staan onder veel te hoge druk en moeten zo'n 200 pakketten per dag bezorgen.

Bovendien is 1 of 2 dagen later vaak helemaal niet erg.

#RatRace #Eva #DPG #DHL

Poster, THE SPECIALS "Rat Race" 1980

#poster #thespecials #the_specials #thespecialAKA #ratrace #ska #punk #punkrock #TwoToneRecords

RE: https://newsie.social/@royaards/116006472341536906

#Humor #Comics #RatRace #Trouw 🇳🇱

Rat race. Cartoon I made for Dutch newspaper Trouw a while back, published today in Belgian newspaper De Morgen: https://www.demorgen.be/puzzels-cartoons/tjeerd-royaards~b6a46595/

#RatRace #therapy #efficiency

THE SPECIALS "Rat Race" live in Japan, 1980

#thespecials #thespecialaka #ratrace #ska #twotone #music #musica #newwave #punk #blackandwhite

https://youtu.be/R4AeFvd3O1I?si=H8FRJ7ebO5J1-l5T

Rat race. English version of Monday's cartoon for Dutch newspaper Trouw.

#RatRace #competition

Escape the #SelfPublishing #RatRace

https://www.draft2digital.com/blog/escape-the-self-publishing-rat-race-with-johnny-b-truant-ep236/

A quotation from Banksy

   The human race is an unfair and stupid competition. A lot of the runners don’t even get decent sneakers or clean drinking water.
   Some runners are born with a massive head start, every possible help along the way and still the referees seem to be on their side.
   It’s not surprising a lot of people have given up competing altogether and gone to sit in the grandstand, eat junk food and shout abuse.
   What we need in this race is a lot more streakers.

Banksy (b. 1974?) England-based pseudonymous street artist, political activist, film director
Wall and Piece, “Rats” (2005)

Sourcing, notes: wist.info/banksy/77042/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #banksy #system #statusquo #apathy #classwarfare #competition #defiance #disrespect #givingup #humancondition #inequality #injustice #protest #ratrace #unfairness #world

A quotation from Bertrand Russell

For my part, the thing that I would wish to obtain from money would be leisure with security. But what the typical modern man desires to get with it is more money, with a view to ostentation, splendour, and the outshining of those who have hitherto been his equals.

Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) English mathematician and philosopher
Conquest of Happiness, Part 1, ch. 3 “Competition” (1930)

Sourcing, notes: wist.info/russell-bertrand/767…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #contentment #satisfaction #bertrandrussell #aspirations #competition #economicsecurity #goals #leisure #ratrace #wealth #money

#TIL dat het Franse equivalent van de #ratRace is métro, boulot, dodo:

metro, werken, slaapjes doen.

#métroBoulotDodo

Joining the #ratrace once again #society #capitalism #meta #government

#RatRace

Daarnaast is Nederland een van de weinige landen ter wereld waar het normaal is om baby's vanaf zes weken al naar de kinderopvang te brengen.

Dat zit 'm onder meer in onze verlofregelingen. Werkende moeders krijgen tot twaalf weken na de bevalling volledig doorbetaald. Wie daarna weer gaat werken en bijvoorbeeld een werkende partner heeft, is in veel gevallen op de opvang aangewezen.

https://www.nu.nl/economie/6343427/nederland-koploper-in-europa-wat-betreft-jonge-kinderen-in-opvang.html

Digital painting: Ambiguous impulses for your own mental cinema!
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Digital painting: Ambiguous impulses for your mental cinema!
#contemporaryArt #mentalCinema #digitalPainting #virtualPainting #digitalArt #saveBioDiversity #climateActionNow #systemChange #endFossilFuels #makeArtNotWar #noAFD #NoRacism #NoFascism #humanrights #humanDignity #Нетвойны #astronaut #ratRace #hamsterrad #dessert #insideSpace #innerLife #stucco #introspection #window #monkeys #chimpanzees #jury #gameShow #judgement #score #passengerJet #tank #bigEye #anatomy #drippings #eiffelTower

@TarkabarkaHolgy moving to your left or right? 🐀 🐦‍⬛ #OmensAndPortents #ornithomancy #RatRace https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ornithomancy