My coworker, a mechanical engineer doing product design, sighs every time someone goes to him with another issue to add to his list. One time I jokingly said, "Wow, does it suck that much?" He said to me, "Don't ever get good at doing something you hate."
I suppose he considers bringing a good income to his family as being more important than his enjoyment of his job.
That's certainly true of my parents, who did blue collar work for most of their working lives in order to provide for the family. I remember my mother having such bad joint pain from working all day that she had me pound on her with a baseball until she bruised, for a little pain relief. My parents found the best paying jobs they could, and did not qualify it with "with interesting work," because success of the family meant sacrifice.
My friend's friend Pete is a father of two, a four year old girl and an adorable 14 month old boy, and when he gets drunk he starts giving out life advice. He says that once the kids come, all your priorities change. They are the last thing you think about every night, and you will find yourself working harder and doing what it takes to see that they are taken care of.
I believe "interesting work" is a luxury, and we are the spoiled of the spoiled.
Not too long in the past, marriages were arranged in order to strengthen family power, and not for love. Like the song lyrics said, "if you can’t be with the one you love, love the one you’re with."
I suppose he considers bringing a good income to his family as being more important than his enjoyment of his job.
That's certainly true of my parents, who did blue collar work for most of their working lives in order to provide for the family. I remember my mother having such bad joint pain from working all day that she had me pound on her with a baseball until she bruised, for a little pain relief. My parents found the best paying jobs they could, and did not qualify it with "with interesting work," because success of the family meant sacrifice.
My friend's friend Pete is a father of two, a four year old girl and an adorable 14 month old boy, and when he gets drunk he starts giving out life advice. He says that once the kids come, all your priorities change. They are the last thing you think about every night, and you will find yourself working harder and doing what it takes to see that they are taken care of.
I believe "interesting work" is a luxury, and we are the spoiled of the spoiled.
Not too long in the past, marriages were arranged in order to strengthen family power, and not for love. Like the song lyrics said, "if you can’t be with the one you love, love the one you’re with."