alternative reasoning

i'd been cleaning my room just this evening, after i'd seen the boy off, and found some pieces of paper with my past scrawlings on it. one of them go like this.

"Alternative Reasoning"

"I work not really for a livelihood. I mean, sure, I do need to eat, but I only need so much to survive and get about - I don't NEED to work.

"I work so I have your respect."


..obviously, i didn't know what the heck i was talking about.

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and another one.

"I hate my job" - that is the age-old complaint, followed by numerous reasons as to why he/she hates the job that more often than not, makes up for more than 90% of the conversation.

"Practically speaking, there are pros and cons, ups and downs to any job. I mean, seriously. It's just like your baby-poo: most of the time she's an angel but sometimes you wish you hadn't had that many beers the evening you met her. The same with jobs.

"Assuming you understand and accept that fact of life and are still unhappy about your job for 'various reasons' - here is the first and most important question: is it the job (i.e. gardening for gardeners, teaching for teachers), the paycheck, the people (colleagues, superiors, subordinates, suppliers et cetera) or 'something else'? If it is the job - then I say congratulations, you have in essence found the root of your pains. Now to decide what you can do to make a job switch smoother.

"If you hate the paycheck but can't survive without it then I say you, my friend, need a supplementing job. Then jump ship.

"As I had read somewhere that one should 'make money, not save money,' - I strongly suggest that you find and fuel another source of livelihood on top of theone that you have righ tnow. It can be something simple, like typing, for example. The supplementing job should not take too much attention away from the 'day job' - the one that pays you the bulk of your salary. That's being smart about things. Not losing the big picture.

"If it's the people - well, whether you stay or you go will have to depend on if your paycheck's big enough to make you stay. Failing which, will the nature of your job encourage you to stay? If there's a 'yes' AND a 'no' then you know you have something to think about. If you have a very firm answer... then you know what you have to do next."


...obviously, i thought i know very much. i still do, sometimes. heh.

if i sound this bossy i think i would do well if i were to write a book. ya think?