Seemingly trivial things that annoy you
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I think that's just FA wishing he'd picked a less demanding career.
1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
Pinnacle Monzonite
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Actually your interpretation is telling. It is actually me saying "money isn't everything".
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Meh, the job's not bad now I have some agency in what I do. I wouldn't want to give work up - if I did make a fortune I'd just do something else work related.
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I'm definitely going to stop working at the earliest opportunity.
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I did.
Work was way down the list of all the enjoyable things I did in life. More time for the other stuff now.
The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
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Me too, I can never work out if those who keep on when they don’t need to genuinely love their job or lack the imagination of how to keep busy without the routine of going to work every day.
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Work can be quite rewarding in the right context. Every success or failure is down to me at the moment and I find that really quite motivating.
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Define "better".
The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
That you find motivating?
I love my holidays but by the end of week 2 i'm looking forward to starting again
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Don't fall further in the smug trap RC, and start asserting that everyone should just do something they love.
It isn't always possible. You may also find that what you enjoy changes. You brave enough to quit at that point and sell shitty watercolours of King's College?
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It was certainly interesting but not something I'd choose to do 8-11 hours a day over spending time with family or doing hobbies. Even more time once commuting is factored in. Glad we are all different. I need someone to keep productivity up. Get back to work. 😉
The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.1 -
I have an irrational hatred of the term, "mindfulness".
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You're not the only one. In my case I think it's because I still don't know WTF it really is. So it's not entirely irrational.
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Taking some time to think about stuff rather than drinking too much, gambling or getting into fights to block it out.
Turns out I have that almost completely wrong.
https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/drugs-and-treatments/mindfulness/about-mindfulness/
1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
Pinnacle Monzonite
Part of the anti-growth coalition0 -
Having lunchtime teams meeting seminars where you are told the importance of not spending your lunchtime on your laptop.
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No, it is wistfully listening to birdsong.
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Nah I think that's bad advice and misses the intrinsic value of work.
Within reason, if you find work gives you lots of opportunities, whether the work itself or the rewards from it, it can be motivating.
This guy is broadly right about this kind of thing - though he's American so it comes with that kind of chat about PJs and being rich.
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Painting bad watercolours will categorically not pay the bills.
1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
Pinnacle Monzonite
Part of the anti-growth coalition0 -
As edited above, we're both wrong.
1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
Pinnacle Monzonite
Part of the anti-growth coalition0 -
Only judging by your contributions to the Cake Stop Brian, I would say you probably engage in far more mindfulness activity than most.
i.e Playing a musical instrument, riding your bike and a deep appreciation of lardy cake. You must be top band mental healthy.
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Can't be bothered to listen, but broadly working is better for mental health than not working, yes. But after a while, ones enjoyment may wane.
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Basically explains success is rewarding, and "following your passion" is terrible advice because as soon as work gets hard or difficult you think "oh it must not be my passion", and the most passionate people are usually the most successful, and that's why billionares etc rabbit on about passion when it's really they got a kick out of the successes they had for working hard.
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Set up your own business?
1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
Pinnacle Monzonite
Part of the anti-growth coalition0 -
I did. That's why I could retire early. Still retired ASAP.
The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
I really love the work I do, and don't yet want to give it up entirely, but I do want more flexibility to do outdoor stuff while I'm still able to enjoy active stuff, and when the weather's nice. So the stuff that ties me to a time and place - i.e. the salaried stuff - will be the first to go. TBH, there's also an element of having worked for the best part of forty years, and kinda knowing what you're good at but realising that's probably as far as you're going to get professionally, tiredness starts to take over from the excitement of developing work skills.
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As jobs go I don't mind mine but I'd much rather do the things I really enjoy and be free to do things when I want. If someone wanted to pay me a salary to go on long dog walks, do some running or maybe even dust my bike off, take a few photos or do a bit of singing when it suited me around spending time with family then great. I genuinely can't think of a real-world job I would find as motivating as that though. Maybe I lack ambition (I certainly don't want any more career progression and have recently taken a step back if anything).
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That was aimed more specifically at FA as the things he appears to be chaffing against seem to be to do with the organisation of his current employer.
Did you not find any interest in expanding the business into something bigger?
1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
Pinnacle Monzonite
Part of the anti-growth coalition0 -
Oh, well in that case it's semi-indoctrination bollocks unless money is your main motivation. Which is is for some people.
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Success takes many forms. Not quite sure why that's so hard to grasp.
I imagine teaching kids is rewarding if your teaching actually yields results, and rather disheartening when it doesn't. etc etc.
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