Were you happier when you were homeless and needed to rely on other people's pity to survive than when you could buy your own food due to your job? I would find it rather surprising if you were.
I supposed it could be that you're from one of these places where workers' rights aren't really a thing or that you can survive on your own without monies, however.
I have certainly been happier in situations of no work than in some situations of work and happier in some conditions of being homeless than in some having a home, but then happiness is a relative thing and I have never had what one generally refers to as a happy life. It is true that having a home was in itself not the cause of my unhappiness, whereas being homeless was the exact cause.
As far as being unhappy when poor, when I spent my days in the library reading and writing poetry, but did not have any money and would dumpster dive later to get food and would have to walk through the cold Salt Lake City streets in winter to find an apartment building I could sneak into the storage area of and sleep for the night I was unhappy when I was hungry, and I was unhappy when I was very cold, so for perhaps 2 hours a day, but when I was working a job I was miserable at but could not quit for various reasons I was unhappy for at least 8 hours a day, and probably more than that as my unhappiness also affected my family after work, whereas starving and living on the street affected nobody but myself.
I hope my explanation on this matter meets with your moral approval.
Huh, that's a first. I've never met someone who would prefer to not have fresh food and shelter than work for it, except for places where worker's rights aren't a thing.
>so for perhaps 2 hours a day
Didn't you find it mighty stressful not knowing if you'll get food, get fucked by the weather or other people?
The people I know who live/lived on the streets always preferred any job to it. But that might be a thing related to Brazilian streets (the unprovoked violence ain't no joke)
Were you happier when you were homeless and needed to rely on other people's pity to survive than when you could buy your own food due to your job? I would find it rather surprising if you were.
I supposed it could be that you're from one of these places where workers' rights aren't really a thing or that you can survive on your own without monies, however.