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How do you find work that you can be emotionally de-vested in? I find it extremely difficult to stay engaged with work I don't care about, this creates a negat

• SoftTalker 4y ago
  It's OK to care about your work, just put limits on it to allow time for other things in your life.
• EddieDante 4y ago
  > How do you find work that you can be emotionally de-vested in? You know the "alienation" Marx and Engels write about in the Communist Manifesto and Capital? I lean into that shit like a motocross racer doing a tight turn. I'll take just about any kind of paying work as long as it's not for the military or law enforcement, but otherwise I simply don't give a shit. I don't get emotionally involved with my code any more than I did with the toilets I used to clean when I worked as a supermarket janitor to help pay for college. Either way I'm mainly just dealing with other people's shit.
  • dirtybirdnj 4y ago
    > I don't get emotionally involved with my code any more than I did with the toilets I used to clean when I worked as a supermarket janitor to help pay for college. I am genuinely in awe of this. I've made so much of my personality caring about my work that it's hard to even conceive of not caring about what I do. Every job or success has been built upon previous jobs... the idea of a ladder moving up. I've never once thought about it like a horizontal plane with multiple doors all at the same level. I'm jealous of your thinking and I wish I could care less about what I spend my time on. I hope to find a healthier balance closer to your viewpoint.