Fed up with the economy.
I just need to get this out. for context I'm a 27 male living in southern ontario. I grew up in poverty, raised by a single mom who had a lot of mental issues and somehow someway I came out of the other side with a decent head on my shoulders. I've worked full time since I was 18, yeah I never went to post secondary school for a lot of reasons. mainly cause I saw the writing on the wall, why throw myself into debt when my peers who went to collage or university were ending up in the same boat wage wise as Im in only with debt up to their eyeballs.
For no after highschool education I do alright for myself, I work full time 40 hours a week in a small warehouse as a forklift driver, basically run the warehouse not just order picking but helping manage deliveries and asns etc. I make $29.68 an hour, get a real good bonus around Christmas time every year and I cleared just over 60k last year.
What's really getting to me, I just signed a lease to move into a one bedroom basement apartment, it's nice enough and my landlord lives in the main house which I dont love but he seems decent enough so far. But I can't stop thinking this isn't fair. I'm not thinking I should be able to buy a house or a brand new car on this income, that's not realistic. And I've accepted where things are ill likely never retire. But damn it I work hard, I don't have issues I go to work everyday work my butt off pulled myself away from where I grew up and I can't even afford a simple private little apartment in an apartment building. I don't want much, just a quiet little apartment where my partner and I can be left alone afford enough to get by comfortably without much stress, take care of a cat or two. Don't even wanna travel or get a super nice car or anything like that, I'm not looking to rank in a bunch of money. I just feel like with what I do and what I earn what I'm asking for isn't too much.
But no everywhere I look I get told, just do gigs on the side, or try getting into trades. those things take time and money. if you ask me you should be working to live not living to work. sure if I spent every waking moment grinding away. get off work and jump on Uber eats delivering food until I have to go to bed maybe then I might be able to scarp up $2400+ a month for 600 Square foot apartment in a shitty building. but whats the point then.
I just feel like I deserve just a little bit more then what I get, I just want to work my decent full time job, come home to a quiet apartment that's not underneath a house I could never dream of affording. that has natural light in the day time and not be throwing up from the stress of worrying I might fall financially at any moment if anything outsidw of the norm happens. I really don't think that's too much to ask.
As a young adult man in his mid to late 20s, who's worked hard, not abused the system taken care of myself and mine as best I can I feel failed by the "systems there to protect" shame on the politicians who sold us out. Shame on the greedy demons who just want to see numbers on a screen increase at the cost of people's life's and dignity.
I'm tried.
sorry if I broke any rules or anything I don't post a lot but I've been really really struggling mentally lately and needed an outlet to just get this out.