Trapped in the 2025 Hustle: Why My 9-to-5 and Side Gigs Still Aren’t Enough

I guess it's time to rethink about the choices I've made in life and what I'm supposed to do ahead in coming years

Like genuinely it's 2025 and there's no such thing as "life getting better" as you're working everyday tiredlessly throughout all these years

I see money around everywhere and everyone have it enough or good enough to have that quality life meanwhile here I'm living paycheck to paycheck barely.

They better raise income in this budget

Making living in 2025 isn't easy when you only have one job even though I'm doing side hustle like hive and crypto with 9 to 5

Keeping things balance and trying to make a flow of cash to stay solvent and above poverty line

Yet I'm just going downhill cause the way cash bleeds easily because of those needs, bills and stuff

It's just impossible to make it in this life by doing 9 to 5 and even doing side hustle at the same time

Our country budget is on the way and there's high expectations we'll see a raise in income but our company is an ass

They don't want to pay employees on time and what they deserve, more like using us to make profit and throw us when they don't need anymore.

So there's this fear

That the day I become useless to that company they'll disown me and throw me away

Budget and this monthly paychecks aren't taking me anywhere

And it's 2025 already, time is slipping.. no opportunity around me, kind of trying so hard to make connections in current workplace to land myself a better job with more wealthy people

But that's another thing which takes time and luck.

how are people even managing

At this point I've this feeling like time ran out, I failed already and there won't be anything to do that'll make a much big difference in my life

But then I think of other people who are either unemployed or doing the job that pay them like $60-70$ for a month

In a country where they should at least have well over $200 a month to make living including rent, bills, groceries and overall spending for a small family.

Either taking loans or are in huge debts but people don't talk about with anyone cause they feel shame

Don't want to feel like someone pity on their life which is sad cause this society only judge people and won't do anything to make a difference in their life.

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Wrapping Up...

I remember there was that year 2021 when I had big hopes and dreams because of crypto and it became the same reason now I don't have those hopes anymore

Just on the verge of giving up for once and all like I'm one more bad event away from like ending it all.

Don't know what situation I'll be in coming time but I hope things will be easy and better cause I've been trying from so long.

I can't just sit around on my hand and watch the world progressing while going backwards.

Wonder what you'd do if you were in a situation like mine. Do share your thoughts in the comments.

fin.