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"ennui and a trapped feeling ... no control over your own life"
That describes adulthood for a lot more people than we're willing to admit. Adulthood often has the illusion of more choices, but for many those choices have one realistic option.
As a kid, there is at least the feeling of "I'll grow up and it will be great", as a working adult it used to be "I'll retire and it'll be great"; these days it's "well, I hope there isn't teams meetings in the afterlife".
Nah being a kid sucks ass. I have every control over my life right now. Sure a good chunk of my life is spent working but I like my job. And after work I get to do a whatever I want. And believe me I fucking do whatever I want.
What? But... how?
I've finally found a job that I like and the answer is with a lot of courage and a bit of privilege. First and foremost is the privilege part. If you have the privilege of being able to be unemployed for a few months and not die then you can do this, if you're on the edge of poverty then you can't afford to. Just another way privilege is a positive feedback cycle. Anyway, with the warning out first, then find the courage to change jobs every few years until you find a place where you say to yourself, "Yeah I can stay here for a long while."
It's a lot easier to do when you're young, but if you have the privilege of being able to go through the unemployment of being between jobs then all you need to do is have the courage to leave your job and look for a better one.