what is work/job/career to you?
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Do you enjoy your work/job/career? Does it bring any satisfaction?
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yes...the decisions i make can literally alter their life
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work to pay bills
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Pay the bills.Originally posted by sonicworld76:work to pay bills
Knowledge.
Satisfaction.
Widen our horizons.
eh..not knowing whatelse lah. -
At some point, we all end up doing something we dislike. It's just like planning: you target an objective, but before you can meet it, you must obtain certain criteria to advance.
These same criteria are the tasks we must do to eventually reach our goal of 'doing what we like'. I doubt you can find someone who enjoys his work 99% of the time.
Take me for eg: i would love to be a professional photographer for National Geographic. But the cost of beefing up on camera knowledge plus the subsequent canvassing for cash to travel to exotic parts of the world to get the best images...face it, nobody likes that part.
So i'm in a thankless eng job now.
But it's alright since i'm a cross between a realist and a pragmatist. -
Double posted....bump
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there is this line i saw somewhere..
"will work for mp3s"
that sums up my working life.
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I rather not work in S'pore.
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Work to me is like a jungle safari.
I have to siam all the arrows and bullets from the hunters.
I have to hide to avoid being eaten up by bigger beasts.
At the same time, I have to torture bullying from animal of the same kind.
I have to also withstand buzzing from all the flies and mosquito.
The only time I have peace is when I am in my prison known as HDB. -
You are quite right in saying that we need goals or objectives and need to assign criteria by which to target practically at those goals.Originally posted by BillyBong:At some point, we all end up doing something we dislike. It's just like planning: you target an objective, but before you can meet it, you must obtain certain criteria to advance.
These same criteria are the tasks we must do to eventually reach our goal of 'doing what we like'. I doubt you can find someone who enjoys his work 99% of the time.
Take me for eg: i would love to be a professional photographer for National Geographic. But the cost of beefing up on camera knowledge plus the subsequent canvassing for cash to travel to exotic parts of the world to get the best images...face it, nobody likes that part.
So i'm in a thankless eng job now.
But it's alright since i'm a cross between a realist and a pragmatist.
But for most of us, it is in our culture anyway, goals remain goals and criteria are not assigned and nothing is followed up.
That's why after so many years, despite all the scholars and excellence of ideas and their proclaimed intelligence, we are still not upgraded as a country or economy, unlike Korea, Taiwan, Finland etc etc. -
I was just wondering, would one of the contributing factors to job related unhappiness and underachieving be attributed to a lack of pride in what we do?
I have heard about Americans and Malaysian who do their work very well, over and beyond the call of duty because they are proud of what they are doing. Even sweepers and bus drivers.
I sg, ppl do work very well because they want advancement and avoid retrenchment... -
my work is my life... dun think i can bear to stop working.. feels very insecure without an income. lolz...
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yes...i enjoy it everyday
i get shout at on an hourly basis..
and they still feed me regularly and provide accomodation...hehehehhehe
the satisfaction is unseen in an outsider's point of view....
but it is one of the most important jobs in the country -
I see work as a way to get $$ to enjoy life. But once work gives me no/little time to play, that's when I say GOODBYE!!
Think about it, at 60, do you want to look back and remember nothing except your work/job/career? If it has been an essential part of your life or something you really loved/enjoyed, fine. That would have been a fruitful 60 yrs. But if you don't have any fond memories of work or life outside work, then your 60 yrs have been a waste!
If living is compromised by work, I say you're in the wrong job man. No point being old, retired and rich cos no energy to enjoy life like a young person can. And no point being young and rich if no time to enjoy life.
But like I said, if you love your work despite all that, GREAT!! But if u don't, then...well...wat can I say...it's your choice.