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hey hope everybody is well.. long time since the last post!
well my post is regarding jobs, something i've talked about before. well i'm working as a postman (or mailman as you call it in the US?), and i'm tired of it. there is no mental stimulation, just the same walk every day and a few hi how are you's to people. it will only get worse now its getting colder and darker! plus the company is going downhill due to privatisation and competition and its a negative environment to work in. not to mention the majority of mail is junk!
well anyway i know that i dont want to continue with the job, but i know i will have to face the fear of quitting and entering the unknown, when i have bills to pay. as for what to do i still fancy kitchen work, i love anything to do with food and enjoy my limited time each day cooking a meal. i also think about food during the day. one possible problem is that i'm veggie, and i'm not sure how i'd react if i had to start cutting up meat or something. i could probably disassociate from it for a while but it could be a problem i suppose.
should i just go where my passions lie, whether it makes long term financially or not? i was in a similar position before and it took me so long to actually do something about it. i was so afraid of quitting, i posted before about it, in everybody elses eyes i had quite a good job and it suited me, but i had issues and couldnt wait to quit. i just feel now i am going to work and feeling negative every day, i want my work to be positive, i want it to become an important part of my life, instead of just a means for earning money which goes straight back out on bills. this is a tough question to answer as the majority of jobs it seems fall into the category of 'i'm just doing it to pay the bills'.
i can probably survive for a month or two with the money i have in the bank, and i have a couple of friends who may have some work for me, i also have a background in IT which often gets me private jobs cash in hand. i'd welcome any input into my situation.. thanks
well my post is regarding jobs, something i've talked about before. well i'm working as a postman (or mailman as you call it in the US?), and i'm tired of it. there is no mental stimulation, just the same walk every day and a few hi how are you's to people. it will only get worse now its getting colder and darker! plus the company is going downhill due to privatisation and competition and its a negative environment to work in. not to mention the majority of mail is junk!
well anyway i know that i dont want to continue with the job, but i know i will have to face the fear of quitting and entering the unknown, when i have bills to pay. as for what to do i still fancy kitchen work, i love anything to do with food and enjoy my limited time each day cooking a meal. i also think about food during the day. one possible problem is that i'm veggie, and i'm not sure how i'd react if i had to start cutting up meat or something. i could probably disassociate from it for a while but it could be a problem i suppose.
should i just go where my passions lie, whether it makes long term financially or not? i was in a similar position before and it took me so long to actually do something about it. i was so afraid of quitting, i posted before about it, in everybody elses eyes i had quite a good job and it suited me, but i had issues and couldnt wait to quit. i just feel now i am going to work and feeling negative every day, i want my work to be positive, i want it to become an important part of my life, instead of just a means for earning money which goes straight back out on bills. this is a tough question to answer as the majority of jobs it seems fall into the category of 'i'm just doing it to pay the bills'.
i can probably survive for a month or two with the money i have in the bank, and i have a couple of friends who may have some work for me, i also have a background in IT which often gets me private jobs cash in hand. i'd welcome any input into my situation.. thanks
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Re: fed up with job.. again!
Tue, September 23, 2008 - 9:23 AMhey ben, as you know tribe has been very erratic lately and half the time i cant log in. anyway, i was waiting to see what someone else might offer.
but since no one has, on re-read it seems to me the answer to your dilemma is in your own question. it seems to me you get all caught up in your head about how lousy the job is, and focus on the negatives to the exclusion of anything else. at the same time, if you want to cook, and cook veggie, there is nothing out there that says you can't - i bet there are plenty of places that are strictly vegetarian if you don't want to cook meat too.
i'm not saying not to weigh the pros and cons of whatever you do, but don't make it your life's work. ;-)
the grass is always greener and all that.....just notice how you tell yourself things and then get hooked by it.
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Re: fed up with job.. again!
Sun, October 19, 2008 - 7:48 AMhey sulevay
yes i've noticed tribe has been very erratic!
going back to the question, i am wondering whether our interests and passions are compatible with money
if i just did what i felt like then it would probably take a long time before i could make any money from it
do we live unnaturally by not allowing ourselves time to explore our interests?
maybe there should be a set time in our lives we can just relax for a year with the intention of finding where our interests lie
it seems we are thrown in the deep end, and into the rat race then we get stuck in it for 30 years with the desire for more which we can never find
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Re: fed up with job.. again!
Sun, October 19, 2008 - 12:20 PMwell, sure, it often happens like that, especially as traditional schooling isn;t directed BY the learner, but by the social structure: ie, become a "productive" member and all that.
the current financial crisis certainly clarifies the skewed value system based on currency exchange, when the genuine value is in HUMAN exchange.
right now, i'm organizing a "giveaway" artshow locally wherein each artists produces one original work....to be given to the person who most responds to it (to be determined by the artist.) no money will change hands, iow - simply to put the focus on the value of creating something that someone else loves, and will enjoy. that's the actual reward.
it's a burning man ethic, brought into real world application. and while it may seem eminently impractical, in terms of bodily survival, it's enough for now to suggest a different model to base one's actions on. the pursuit of money as an end in itself can never satisfy.....which is why rampant greed is the inevitable result.
so i'd look at that, and maybe realize that there's a million ways to approach the survival question, and that in fact we need far less, materially, then we are led to believe by consumerism. my friends who have watched their retirement accounts tank because of stocks plummeting seem far more upset than me, who has no retirement account at all. i spent many years making art, which actually made me no money....yet i get such satisfaction doing projects for friends and neighbors, and the occasional commercial project that nets some cash. meanwhile, i live off a super easy, low-paying job in an art gallery 3 days/wk, and live completely within my means, never in debt.
i'm not sure why i don't worry about tomorrow and my lack of health insurance, etc. except that i've been enjoying my life all along! what's to regret?
basically, you determine your value system and a path opens. life can happen many different ways.
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