There are so many things we should be doing to be considered successful adults: working, socializing, saving for the future, work on relationships, among other personal responsibilities. Personally, I'm trying to build some small businesses and get back in touch with what I want to be doing, not what society says I should be. But I am always exhausted. I work long days just to get home in time to eat quickly and go to bed. I'm spending all of my free time recuperating so I'm ready to go to work again. I'm never able to relax or find time to do the things I want to.

In this episode, Lexi reflects on how the system is set up to keep the poor poor, tired, and working themselves to the bone for the wealthy elite.

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Resources from today's episodes:

• ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠😭 "Capitalism isn't 'broken.' It's working all too well - and we're the worse for it" by Martha Svart on The Guardian

These resources are for listeners in the US:

• 😭⁠⁠⁠⁠ Suicide Prevention Hotline⁠⁠⁠⁠: 1-800-273-8255


• 😭⁠⁠⁠⁠ Crisis Text Line⁠⁠⁠⁠: Text HOME to 741741


• 😭⁠⁠⁠⁠ NAMI National Warmlines⁠⁠⁠⁠ (text lines and phone lines; not for crisis)


• 😭⁠⁠⁠⁠ RAINN Sexual Assault Hotline⁠⁠⁠⁠: 800-656-4673 (HOPE)


• 😭 LBTQIA+ Support:⁠⁠⁠⁠ The Trevor Project⁠⁠⁠⁠


• 😭⁠⁠⁠⁠ Resources for Undocumented Immigrants and Families⁠⁠⁠⁠


• 😭⁠⁠⁠⁠ Mental Health Resources for Black communities⁠⁠⁠⁠


• 😭⁠⁠⁠⁠ Resources for Reproductive Right⁠⁠⁠⁠


• 😭⁠⁠⁠⁠ National Eating Disorders Association resources⁠⁠⁠⁠, text NEDA to 741741 for crisis help. Hours for phone and text lines at link
  



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