Sunday Scribblings

#80 - First Job, Worst Job, Dream Job

Ok let me just say that I never was very good at following orders so why should it be any different this time. JOB is the only three letter swear word in the English language, at least to my limited vocabulary, which does consist of a lot of the four letter variety. It's no accident that when you get cheated you say, I got Jobbed, because that's exactly what a Job does it cheats you out of a meaningful life.

The dictionary defines it as the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money. A specific piece of work required, done as a duty or for a specific fee. It also gives reference to some old Jewish guy in the Old Testament that maintained faith in God in spite of afflictions that tested him, in other words any long suffering person who withstands affliction (job) without dispairing

Oh I hear you grumbling out there, I LOVE MY JOB! Do You? Would you do it every day for the best part of your life if you didn't get paid?

What's that? We need jobs to earn money for food and shelter. Yes I agree, little boxes on the hillside do cost money and it's best to live in the suburbs far away from the high crime rate in inner city neighborhoods. If I work hard for twenty five years I just may pay it off. (some one just told me that some banks are offering Fifty year mortgages now because the little boxes are getting more expensive, but they're all made out of ticky tack and they all look just the same.) So because I live so far away from my JOB I need to puchase a Cadillac Escalade to get me to work. Yes, I do because it has OnStar and besides Tiger Woods and David Beckham drive one. So how many years will I need to pay off a $50,000 car? Oh I forgot, the Wife will need a Minivan to take the kids to daycare and school and of course her job. She has 3 jobs, 2 of which she doesn't get paid for. I may have to get another job if I want to put away for the kids education and eat the name brand cheese dinner, starts with a K.

What's my point you say? I don't have one, someone mentioned the J word and I just freaked. The perfect job is the one you don't need, it doesn't matter if you do it today or not and it doesn't matter what anyone else thinks about it. We need jobs to make money to feed desire. The more we desire the more we need to work. I read a story about a guy who worked as a computer tech for a growing software company, making a six figure salary. He worked six day weeks, fouteen hour days and one day he just decided that he had enough and quit his job. Sold his car and Condo and got a part time job as a gardener for a city park. The rest of the time was his to do with what he liked. He volunteered at food banks and hospitals, spent hours browsing through the Art Galleries and Libraries and when he got tired or bored with what the city had to offer, he packed all his belongings into one backpack and moved on. That would be my dream job, to do just enough to meet my needs so I could follow my desire to live a meaningful life.