Comment by DerArzt
6 hours ago
At least in the USA, due to the lack of social safety nets I have to disagree. It's very much work or starve. Yeah you can try to change your perspective, but unless your in a privileged situation where you have a safety net (i.e. a wealthy family to support you if things go wrong) then it's difficult to stop thinking about it.
Yes, it is work or starve. But you are going to work anyway. Thinking about the starve component doesn't help you enjoy it at all.
I wish that "just stop having x thoughts" was a thing I could control.