I like to work.
This doesn't mean that I like all the work I have had, have or will have. It just means that I would rather be employed than unemployed, whether that be as an employee or as someone self-employed. I think that it is pretty normal for someone to believe that they have a good work ethic, but I wonder how true it actually is, because it seems that not many people actually like working, as they are continually looking for ways to do less work.
This is of course human nature, because we are built to maximize our effort, which translates into innovating so we can do the same or more with less. Yet, I think that somewhere we have got lost along the way and rather than looking to make maximum impact with our resources, we are looking to save resources, even if that "saving" just goes to waste.
You can't save potential.
Potential is always available in the moment, but what can be accomplished is going to change from moment to moment. A moment with a hundred dollars in the hand will have a different potential to a moment just after spending it. But, the potential of that next moment might be the taste of a nice whiskey on the tongue, or it could be the feeling that it was invested into something that will buy many nice whiskeys in the future.
potential
/pə-tĕn′shəl/
noun
The inherent ability or capacity for growth, development, or future success.
Growth. Future Success.
That is old thinking.
No one cares about the future. And if growth can't be realized in the moment, it isn't worth investing in. Results have to be fast, on-demand, always available. Even if those results are meaningless in the long run, they only have to satisfy the feelings of the current moment. Feel good now, even if it leads to feeling bad in all the laters.
A lot of people have apparently drank the media and are shunning work, without really thinking what kind of future life that is going to provide. We each have the current moment in which we can act and while people talk about "valuing" their time to much to work, it would be interesting to know what they are doing with all of their valuable time saved by not working.
If we really value our time, wouldn't we be using it as best we can?
I haven't created a poll for a long time, even though I said that I would do one regularly. I think I need to write down some of my ideas so that I remember to do what I plan on doing, otherwise my thoughts get carried away with other things. I guess it is like all the people who value their time and plan on using what they have effectively, but end up streaming YouTube clips.
Today's Poll is;
What is your current working status?
You will notice that "student" isn't in there because that is not a job. When I was a fulltime student, I was also working fulltime at McDonald's to pay my way through. Working at McDonald's is a job. A shit job, but a job nonetheless.
Taraz
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