From: Ret. on
Adrian wrote:
> NM <nik.morgan(a)mac.com> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were
> saying:
>
>>>> It matters not what you do for a living as long as you find it
>>>> absorbing and challanging, sadly many who have better ability
>>>> settle for the mundane.
>
>>> The main goal of a job is to earn money. Enjoyment is secondary.
>>> Many people say they enjoy their jobs but I'll bet 99% of them if
>>> asked whether they'd still do the same job under the same
>>> conditions for free (which is a true test of how much "fun" it is)
>>> would say no. The best most of us can hope for from a job is that
>>> we don't actively hate it.
>
>> Then I am very lucky, apart from a couple of minor fill in jobs I
>> have always enjoyed my work. When you are actively enjoying what you
>> do it ceases to be or feel like work
>
> That's the key to it.
>
> I rather suspect that those who claim otherwise have just simply never
> actually had a job they enjoy.
>
> What a waste.

It was not a question of whether I liked the job or not - it was a question
of how it constantly interfered with what I really wanted to do.

Now I am retired I can do what I please. If we want to go out for the day -
then we'll go out for the day. If we want to sit in the garden and read -
then we'll sit in the garden and read. If the weatherman says it's going to
be glorious next week - then we can hitch up the caravan and go away for the
week.

When I was at work, it constantly interfered with what I *really* wanted to
do. Nothing worse than booking a two week holiday - having it piddle down
with rain for the full two weeks - and then turn out gloriously sunny just
when you have to go back to work.

Nothing worse than being asked to join friends for some event somewhere,
only to find that you cannot get the day off work because it would leave
them understaffed. I hated that.

So, I repeat - it's not really a question of whether or not you enjoyed the
job - it was a question of how the job constantly interfered with your life
and what you really wanted to do with your life.

Kev

From: Adrian on
"Brimstone" <brimstone(a)hotmail.com> gurgled happily, sounding much like
they were saying:

>>>>> I always loathed being beholden unto an employer.

>>>> <shrug> I've not been "beholden to an employer" for ten years now.

>>> Very clearly - the amount of time you spend on usenet!

>> My employer has no qualms with the amount of time I spend on usenet.

> As long as s/he gets fed on time I doubt the cat gives a damn.

The cat doesn't give a damn about anything much at the mo, having been on
a one-way trip to the vet last month...
From: boltar2003 on
On 18 Mar 2010 11:38:55 GMT
Adrian <toomany2cvs(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>I rather suspect that those who claim otherwise have just simply never
>actually had a job they enjoy.

I'm sure most people have had times in their job when they've enjoyed the
particular moment, but I doubt even you love every single minute of your
job and have never occasionally wished you could be somewhere or doing
something else.

B2003

From: Adrian on
boltar2003(a)boltar.world gurgled happily, sounding much like they were
saying:

>>I rather suspect that those who claim otherwise have just simply never
>>actually had a job they enjoy.

> I'm sure most people have had times in their job when they've enjoyed
> the particular moment, but I doubt even you love every single minute of
> your job and have never occasionally wished you could be somewhere or
> doing something else.

If your life outside work is so perfect that you "love every single
minute" and "never occasionally wish you could be somewhere or doing
something else", then I congratulate you.

And, considering the amount of time you spend on Usenet, pity you
simultaneously...
From: Brimstone on


"Adrian" <toomany2cvs(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
news:80ep71F518U2(a)mid.individual.net...
> "Brimstone" <brimstone(a)hotmail.com> gurgled happily, sounding much like
> they were saying:
>
>>>>>> I always loathed being beholden unto an employer.
>
>>>>> <shrug> I've not been "beholden to an employer" for ten years now.
>
>>>> Very clearly - the amount of time you spend on usenet!
>
>>> My employer has no qualms with the amount of time I spend on usenet.
>
>> As long as s/he gets fed on time I doubt the cat gives a damn.
>
> The cat doesn't give a damn about anything much at the mo, having been on
> a one-way trip to the vet last month...

Ah, that's a shame.