2007-07-26 04:28:37 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
If you enjoy what you do, it's not really work. Given that hypothesis, working your whole life would be miserable.
2007-07-26 04:31:38 · answer #1 · answered by TheEconomist 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I'd get bored very easily not working my whole life. I had to cut my first career shot a few years ago due to an injury. While back in school, I had to stay home for a few years and recuperate while I finished my education. I felt completely useless during that time in my life. Sure, it was great not to work for a little while, but all of my friends were moving on with their careers and their lives and, most importantly with their bank accounts and investments while everything in my life, with the exception of my education was not. I have a new career, one that is doing well. Of course, I'd love to lead a life of idle luxury like most people. But, I feel that that type of "nothing" lifestyle would get old real quick and I would have to do something worthwhile to pass the time and leave a legacy for my children. Work creates a sense of self worth. In my case, I love it and hate it, but I love it more than I hate it.
2007-07-26 12:30:21 · answer #2 · answered by Mr. Grudge 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have to work hard to enjoy life more. Nothing ever truly gets handed to you on a silver platter; if it did the world would be run on hedonism alone. But life's greatest rewards don't come in material things. They come in the achievements you've made along the way. I know for a fact that one way or another I will be working the rest of my life. The only variable is what kind of work and how much I will enjoy it.
2007-07-26 11:38:34 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I am a public school teacher.
*I used to crave vacations and "down time" in my other vocations.
*I found out early in my teaching career that I:
**Can't stand summers off (ran all of my miles, swam all of the lakes, read all of the books, did all of my research, NOW what?).
**Really DO enjoy most of what I do.
***I don't like everything teenagers or the staff does, but that's why it's called a "job" and that's why they pay us "money" (albeit, darned little of it, in my case ...).
I really DO see myself staying in this line of work as long as I can keep up with teenagers.
*I do all of the "contingency" things (i.e., save, invest, pray, etc.), but I really believe that these material things will just end up bequeathed to my children, as I really want to finish my days here on Earth as an actively employed teacher.
(;=]
2007-07-26 21:29:52 · answer #4 · answered by chuck U 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm still a student and, to be frank, the idea of working the rest of my life is daunting! I'm going into medicine and I know my work will be very meaningful to me, but I still have days when I wonder if it is worth it.
2007-07-26 11:48:23 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is not the fact that one must work that is the issue, but whether or not the work that we do gives meaning and purpose to one's life.
2007-07-26 11:36:30 · answer #6 · answered by Timaeus 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
As I like my work, continuing to work till I die is my current plan.
2007-07-26 18:51:23 · answer #7 · answered by Ace Librarian 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm retired now, but I never had a job I didn't enjoy.
2007-07-26 11:48:45 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm all for it. I get bored easily and need to do something.
2007-07-26 11:34:04 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It wasn't worth it.
Go into politics or some other form of crime, just not a violent one please.
2007-07-26 11:33:11 · answer #10 · answered by ? 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋