I'm relatively new to TikTok. One of the creators that comes across my feed is hubs.life (https://www.tiktok.com/@hubs.life), currently close to 500k followers. He's an interesting fella. He highlights his chill life as a daytime office worker. He doesn't complain about work. He's not doing Office Space material. He's actually promoting the pros of working for the man. Slowly he slides his laptop into his bag, and the lean man in nice fitting clothes drives to work in a nice car to a seemingly quiet work environment. Locked in, he does his thing until his one hour lunchtime. Sometimes he goes home for lunch to let his dog out and microwave his lunch. Then he heads back, locks in for a second time, and finishes his work day.
This dude presents as a happy man. He puts in a honest day's work, returns home, sits poolside, drinks a cold one, hangs with his dog, and spends time with family. A lot of the videos I've seen is him, alone, but it's not man against the world, it's not a view of life as nasty, brutish and short. Instead, it's the ordinary benefits or making money as a white-collar worker, and spending post-work hours exercising and enjoying one's castle.
His easy breezy existence calls to mind a lyric from Courtney Barnett's perfect song Avant Gardener. After a too eventful not ideal day including a trip to the hospital in an ambulance, Barnett reflects "Should've stayed in bed today, I much prefer the mundane." Our friend hubs.life doesn't mind being out in the world. In fact, he embraces it, at least as we see it. He thrives in everyday life, soaking up the pleasures of a mundane existence.
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