"Academia, nonprofit groups, book publishers and public-radio production companies also put their new recruits through various forms of low-paid hazing, holding out the promise of, well, more low pay but in a job that provides, for some, something more important than money: satisfaction. In the language of economics, these people are consuming their potential wages in happiness. (Honestly, economists talk this way.)"That is why I do this job I guess.
Satisfaction is indeed at an all time high despite the poor excuse for a remuneration that is thrown in my direction. It is possible that I am consuming my potential wages in happiness.
Having said that, after being in the country for six months, there are some simple 1st world things that I miss.
- Good toilet paper
- Decent beer
- Good eggs cooked sunny side up
- Oolong tea
- Libraries
- Roast duck on rice
- Riding my bicycle
- Fast food
A poor substitute to all of the above can be found in Kampala and with some difficulty, and some coin, the real deal can be had as well but accessibility is low. Over time, these unimportant things start being important. A short trip back home to satiate these craving and restore focus might be in order.
- And riding a motorbike on pothole free roads
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