This series of articles by Ryan Johnson contradict what most of the mainstream media report about today's supply chain issues and labor shortages. The mainstream media insist that these issues are temporary and that they will sort themselves out; they try to downplay the magnitude of these issues. They speak to appease investors and business owners.

Ryan's story is the other side of the conversation that our country is having today, as more people participate in the Great Resignation and re-evaluate what they deserve from life and work. Stories like Ryan's are eye-opening and tell others that they are not alone. If you feel you deserve more and are struggling to get ahead in today's economy, you are not alone.

If a movement like the Great Resignation is going to have any lasting impact, more people need to share their stories about the inequity they have experienced in our economy, like Ryan has.

This is a unique moment, when the power could be shifted into the hands of regular people, as long as they remember what they need and what they deserve.

You deserve time with your family. You deserve time to rest, time for leisure, and time for recreation. You deserve to be able to afford healthy food.

If we forget what we deserve, we will settle for less.

I have heard that some people of the Great Resignation are already going back to work. They are getting whatever pay raise they could manage to find, but they are finding nothing else has changed about the work.

It is not only about more money. You deserve more than that, and you are not alone.