Be careful not to be defined by memes.
At some point, we started habitually saying "worker" and "beast of burden." When chatting with friends, we often say, "We're just workers, it's fine."
At first, it was funny, and we all laughed together, feeling relieved and close. But later, we realized that as we kept saying it, it seemed to become true.
This label, without us noticing, stuck to us and couldn't be peeled off. It affects our attitude towards work and life. When something happens, our first reaction is not "How do I solve it?" but "I'm just a worker, forget it."
Have you noticed? We start to lower our standards with a clear conscience and frantically find excuses for our inaction.
We think: since everyone is equally bad, it's only natural that I'm bad too.
I'm not against lying flat. In this era, choosing a low-desire, comfortable lifestyle is completely fine.
But the premise is: this lying flat must be a brave choice we make after careful thought and weighing the pros and cons. It should not be that, amidst the back-and-forth of meme-sharing, we are slowly boiled like a frog in warm water, gradually forgetting who we originally were and who we could have become.