SH*T’s FUCKED
WHAT DO WE DO NEXT?

I don’t want to work a full time job any more, I have a fancy job – lots of people want it. I want to spend the days with my face in the sun and my hands in the dirt. Anonymous, Australia, 45

Why does school finish at 3:30 but work at 5/5:30? I think standard office hours for most people should be 9-3pm and then we take the rest of the day to have fun, visit friends, cook, exercise, etc.

Sometimes I fill up my diary with fake meetings and just lie in bed all day

Flip the food system. Australia does not have food security, it’s an illusion

God Imagine if every church kept its doors open past 10pm to shelter and sleep people in need. Why not, God?

I went to Paris once during a day when part of the city was closed to cars. What I remember wasn’t the bikes or the people.

I’d love it if every street had one big dinner once a week. Nothing fancy. Someone makes pasta. Someone brings bread. Kids run around.

At my work we get new laptops every 3 years whether we need them or not. Mine was honestly completely fine. I asked if I could just keep it and apparently that creates some kind of security problem.

I don’t want flying cars. I want fewer fucking cars.

Used to work closing shift at a supermarket and the amount of food we threw out was insane. Like genuinely insane. Bread, fruit, sandwiches, whole roast chickens sometimes. We weren’t allowed to take any of it home because apparently that was stealing.

Why does every house in my street own a drill? I use mine maybe twice a year. Same with ladders, pressure washers, camping stuff, trailers. I’d make a little shed at the end of every street full of all the things you occasionally need.

My company moved into a new office because we wanted people to come back after covid. Then everyone complained about the commute so now most people still work from home.

I would make it normal to say: “I’ve finished everything I need to do today so I’m going home.” That’s it. That’s my utopia.

My boss prints emails. Not important emails. All emails.

My mum is 78 and lives alone in a four-bedroom house because the alternatives are basically apartment by herself or retirement village.

We pulled out our kitchen because it looked dated. There was absolutely nothing wrong with it.

Every nature strip should have fruit trees. I don’t know if this is practical. There are probably rats and council rules and people will email me about fallen lemons.

My daughter’s school talks constantly about healthy eating but there is ten minutes allocated for lunch. Ten. She regularly comes home with most of it untouched because apparently they need to get outside.

School should start later for teenagers. Everyone knows teenagers need more sleep and then we make them get up at 6.30. This seems like something aliens would find very confusing.

We spent nearly a year developing our ESG strategy. Then the business had a bad quarter and every project in it that cost money got postponed.

Sometimes I order something online for $8 that I could walk ten minutes and buy locally because I can’t be bothered putting shoes on. Then I get annoyed about packaging.

We have meetings about why everyone is too busy. That is the confession.

I flew business class to Dubai to speak on a panel about climate change.

When something breaks I want to take it to a person who fixes it.

I’d just like my kids to disappear for a bit Not disappear disappear. I mean I wish they could leave the house after breakfast and roam around

What if Friday was just… optional?

There’s a shop near me that’s been empty for maybe four years. FOUR YEARS.

I think I’d like us to get better at doing nothing.