Life is Hard to Get Used To, Prisoners Remind Me

Photograph by Nathaniel St. Clair

The concept of “getting used to” anything in life is an interesting one. Where I’ve encountered it, the implication is that, over time, one becomes more accustomed. The idea that anything can be gotten used to, in my opinion, is a kind of gut-reaction understanding of life that is not borne out by the experience of most people, no matter how long they live.

If you have a job you don’t like, then surely you know the feeling. And surely, you know it better the longer you’ve had the job.