Not wanting to move countries (“there would be a lot more effective work options if I lived elsewhere”)
Wanting a permanent work contract (“there would be a lot more effective work options with temporary contracts or grant-based pay”)
Not wanting to be an independent researcher (“it could potentially be an effective thing to do, and I wouldn’t have to worry about replaceability”)
Wanting to have a child (“if I didn’t want one I’d probably be much more flexible on the points above”)
Wanting to take some time off from work to take care of said child, in case I ever manage to have one (“although if I’m not having an impactful job by that time it probably won’t matter much anyway”)
Burning out (“it wastes time and sets a bad example”)
Feeling guilty about things (“I have read Replacing Guilt but I’m still having all these unproductive feelings”)
(Despite feeling guilty I’m doing ok – ultimately, a lot of this is just sadness about not having an unlimited altruism budget. I wanted to post this because I like reading about others’ experiences and thought someone else might like reading about mine. I don’t really need solutions proposals but if you have some, other readers might benefit from them.)
Things I didn’t feel that guilty about before getting involved in effective altruism
Not wanting to move countries
(“there would be a lot more effective work options if I lived elsewhere”)
Wanting a permanent work contract
(“there would be a lot more effective work options with temporary contracts or grant-based pay”)
Not wanting to be an independent researcher
(“it could potentially be an effective thing to do, and I wouldn’t have to worry about replaceability”)
Wanting to have a child
(“if I didn’t want one I’d probably be much more flexible on the points above”)
Wanting to take some time off from work to take care of said child, in case I ever manage to have one
(“although if I’m not having an impactful job by that time it probably won’t matter much anyway”)
Burning out
(“it wastes time and sets a bad example”)
Feeling guilty about things
(“I have read Replacing Guilt but I’m still having all these unproductive feelings”)
(Despite feeling guilty I’m doing ok – ultimately, a lot of this is just sadness about not having an unlimited altruism budget. I wanted to post this because I like reading about others’ experiences and thought someone else might like reading about mine. I don’t really need solutions proposals but if you have some, other readers might benefit from them.)