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Keep in mind that "you" is not defined via "your job". This is a trap, as what happens when you lose your job or, gasp, retire? You need to have a sense of se
by jleyank 4y ago
Keep in mind that "you" is not defined via "your job". This is a trap, as what happens when you lose your job or, gasp, retire? You need to have a sense of self that is self-defined. Yes, you work and have skills that people want and all that good stuff, but that's just transactional.
- iancmceachern 4y agoThis. Your life is your life, your job allows you to trade time for other things you need, it's not your life, or your life's work.
- twoxproblematic 4y ago
- nyokodo 4y ago> it's not your life, or your life's work. This is true for the vast majority of people, but, for some their work is a true vocation. Monastics are one example but so are Doctors Without Borders, many War Journalists, and those working to eliminate diseases common in the developing world are also all vocations.
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- iancmceachern 4y agoExcellent point, and it is not my hope to downplay or disrespect those life choices at all. For some who make the choice, it is their life's work - much respect to them.
- dominotw 4y ago> You need to have a sense of self that is self-defined So tie it to something else which might be equally out of your control? Why is that better though.
- throwaway743 4y agoThey mean to define it by your own means (hobbies, experiences, "taking the reigns", productivity elsewhere for other reasons), not because of an environment where you're more or less forced to exchange your pre-expiration time for money/being a desk jockey for pay.