Gemma Speck

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6,373 appearances 17 recordings 1 series first heard Jan 2026 last heard 13 Jun

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The Psychology of your 20s · 427. What to do when a 9-5 doesn't fulfil you? · 11 Jun 2026 podcast

It's hard not to think eventually, like, is this all there is, especially in our 20s?

There is definitely a level of like existential fatalism that there's no escaping the system.

Like at some stage, we start projecting forward and forward and realizing, hey, wait, I have maybe like 70 to 80 good years here.

I'm 22, 25, 29 now.

I retire at 65.

I have 30 to 40 years of this left and then I get 10 years to like enjoy this and that's all.

That doesn't sound fair, nor does it sound like, you know, the dreams that you have as a child.

Don't get me wrong, like there are huge benefits to working a nine to five.

I loved my nine to five for many reasons.

Number one being financial stability.

Number two being just life stability and the structure and the predictability.

And number three being community and the people around you.

And also the fact that unlike working for yourself, when you leave the workplace, when you go home for the day, for the most part, you can switch off, right?

You're allowed to leave because it's not your business on the line.

There's definitely perks, right?

I'm not trying to villainize the nine to five.

But I do believe rather strongly, actually, that...

Not everyone is meant to work a nine to five, just like not everyone is meant to be a doctor or an actor or a priest.

And not everyone is meant to work for themselves either.

There are certain personalities that when it comes to this nine to five lifestyle, they will never find fulfillment.

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