You Need to Find a New Job — These Kids Are Counting on You

Amanda Claypool
11 min readAug 21, 2024
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It can be difficult to understand the impact you have on the world.

For most people, it probably feels like nothing you do matters.

You probably can’t afford a basic middle-class life.

Whatever you publish on social media does little to move the needle on big issues you care about. It seems like all you’re doing is screaming into a void.

And that job you said you’d leave five years ago? Yeah, you’re still there.

Wherever you think you’re supposed to be in your life, you’re clearly not there. As the years go by, you’re less confident that you ever will be.

Even though you might not think you’re making progress, you actually are.

While you’re busy spending your time dreaming of living an aspirational version of your life, someone, somewhere, is looking at you, dreaming they were living your life.

You might not be where you think you should be in life, but there’s a good chance you’re better off than someone…

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Amanda Claypool

I write about the future of the world as it’s unfolding. Download my reading list: https://bit.ly/3xvJZf6