Why is Life So Hard.

Why do we need to work? Life seems to be 90% work and 10% fun, or perhaps 80%-20%. Why can't we choose only the fun and avoid the work? I understand the population and resources concept—if everybody understands it, then why are there 8 billion people? I know that if there were too few people, we wouldn’t be able to enjoy fun activities because we would have to do all the work ourselves. This world seems designed to make us work. How, then, is it different from a prison? If life itself is a prison, what difference does it make if we are also in a physical prison? Is death the ultimate liberation from this prison, or are there other ways out?

I know about many religions, and in every one of them, you are eventually required to submit your will to a "higher being." But your life doesn’t change. Most of the time, it becomes more complicated, and you end up having to work even more.

In many so-called high-tier philosophies, you are expected to give up your desires. I don’t know if doing so will bring me joy or fun, or if it will simply add more work to my life. If I truly give up my desires, will fun activities still feel fun? I don’t know, and I’m not sure I want to find out. It might just make life feel even more like work.

I think there’s only one path for me, but I’m a pathetic, cowardly crybaby. I cannot commit myself to doing one single thing. Work might give me liberation, but why am I like this? I need to dedicate myself to one thing, and it will liberate me. But I can’t seem to do it. Instead, I remain trapped in this 90%-10% or 80%-20% loop.

Why is life like this? What can I do?