industriousness tender_square the words "i don't feel like i'm contributing to society when i'm not working" has left my lips several times these last few weeks, as if my only worth as a person is the labour that can be extracted from my bones. i can't seem to help it, being employable and earning money is how i feel valued as a person, even if i'm not earning that much money. maybe it's my parents work ethic, or possible workaholism, being generationally passed down to me. i know i haven't been "wasting time," yet the longer this span of unemployment stretches on with nary an interview, the further my confidence splinters, and the more desperate i become to prove myself as a suitable candidate. 230312 what's it to you? who go blather from