[at-l] re: jobs, life and such

[gadog430 at charter.net (Gadog430)]

I never said that you are not doing something you don't like. 
I am just saying that the profession doesn't and isn't the definition of who you are. 
I will eventually work in IT and love it. Love computers and most everything about it. 
It's just not a definition of who I am by a long shot. 

The Dawg

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: rcli4@comcast.net 
  To: pmags@yahoo.com 
  Cc: Paul Magnanti ; at-l@backcountry.net 
  Sent: Friday, February 06, 2004 5:24 PM
  Subject: Re: [at-l] re: jobs, life and such


  In short, the job is to pay the bills. 
  It is what we do after those hours that defines our
  life.

  I really don't understand this line of reasoning.  Why not find an occupation that you enjoy and do that.  I work every day and when I was young I earned a paycheck.  Overtime I figured out what I wanted to do and went and done that.  This is America, you can do as you please.  If you work just to pay bills you are wasting a great deal of your life.  I can't imagine working 49 - 50 weeks a year for that little bit of time to live my life.  If you work 45 years you have only enjoyed your life a couple of years in tiny pieces.  If you work in a cubical and hate it, it is your fault.  I enjoy hiking more that planting trees but not by a lot.  Sure there are days when it is not fun, but I have hiked days that were not fun.  My good days at work are better than a bad day of hiking.  Sorry if this don't follow the company line but if you don't like your life thank God you live in a country where you can change it.

  HikingandlandscapingClyde  
  > >>And when they say, "No, what do you do?" Look at
  > >>them seriously and say, "Oh, you mean what do I 
  > >>do to earn money." That'll make them think. 
  > 
  > 
  > One  of the (many!) things I enjoy about where I live
  > is just what you said. I have many friends that I have
  > no idea what they really do to pay the bills.
  > (Yeah..Mark? Um, he does something with computers...)
  > I just know them as really into rock climbing, hiking,
  > skiing, etc. In short, the job is to pay the bills. 
  > It is what we do after those hours that defines our
  > life.
  > 
  > Work was always very important growing up.First thing
  > Dad asked (literally) when he saw me after the PCT was
  > "So, do you have a job lined up?". :-)
  > 
  > Yep..living here is a bit different than many places
  > in the US.
  > 
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  > 
  > 
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