Are you ashamed of the work you do to pay your bills?

The kind of work you do to make a living doesn't matter, as long as it is honest work

Good day, my friends,

The topic of work and Substack came up in a post on Notes. I responded there, but I had some other thoughts to share about it, so I am writing this post.

Here is the post from Notes that sparked this article:

I have never felt any shame about being a delivery driver. It is honest work, and it is a necessary function in our society. People order many things online, and they must be delivered to their homes. Otherwise, each customer would have to trek to the warehouse depot, a package locker or some similar building to pick up their order themselves. Delivery drivers are the last mile, we are the final step in the service chain to get you the goods you have ordered.

As far as Substack goes, I would like to make a living off of it too. It would be great to just spend my time writing, without having to do any other kind of work. But that is a tough thing to achieve unless you are already a public figure or a social media personality with a large following. Such people a…