I think a lot of people misunderstand the game of life. They think they can win the game of life, but it is really a zero sum game. Life is not about the end results, we all have the same end results, it is how we get there that is the important thing, 

When we get close are we happy with the life we led? I can honestly say that yes, despite all my current health issues and all my choices in life, that yes I am happy with the life I led. There are a few minor regrets about choices made but those can easily be counted on one hand. 

I know people that are on welfare, never really worked and are happy, I know people that worked, made a lot of money, saved almost every penny, but they were miserable most of their working life. Yes they have a lot of money to live on in retirement after 40 years of work, but no friends to share that life with, no individual close to them. Is 40 years of misery really worth 20 or 30 years of a happy retirement when there is nothing to look back on?

Like any game there will be outliers on both sides, those that throw everything at it, and those that just do enough to get by. Some will die happy, some will die sad, but we all die, with or with out toys. 

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>But, again through my own observations, it is far harder work to not work, than work it is to work.

It is a vexing concept. Last week I met someone who's been on the Luthier business for half his life and it's form my generation. It feels odd to talk to someone who was complaining about tons of things and kept telling me to look for other sources of income. It was funny too since I know this like of work doesn't make money in a country where handmade stuff has no value. But still, I do my work because I love it. It's for the artist's sake. I being the artist.

I agree with the view that everything is work. It is. But instesd of doubting the view, I think it provides some grounding for the whole process. Work is something to be taken seriously. Of everything is like it, then we are just being serious about each thing we do.

Going back to the college, this guy showed me th meaning of complaining for everything without having a real solution. The worst part is that he has all the things I lack and yet finds himself unable to breakthrough and start making business. It is s tough pill to swallow. But still I wouldn't change what I do. And I wouldn't complain about it. I have a country full of problems to rant.

Good luck with the work and the rest of the renovations!

> the happiest people tend to be the ones who not only work the hardest, but work the hardest at something they believe in, that is meaningful to them

I totally agree with this. The main thing is knowing what you want. Then checking that what you want is the desired outcome.

I also feel the reason why a job becomes pleasurable is knowing the purpose for which one is doing a job.



Yes, people want to make money but the most important thing should be why does one want to make money.


And for the hive fest thing, I have set a goal that I must attend the next hive fest.



I will start saving towards it from today.

I wonder how much harder work is to not work than working is to just work for fun :D

Yeah I can’t figure out the people that don’t work to just be a lazy lump on a log. I’ve known a few people like that and am related to one, though that’s an entirely different story. 

Unfortunate your colleagues quit! We just had one in enablement quit after working for 6 months or so I think. They did give the guy a whole lot of shit work and he was in a different time zone so was always up at the ass crack of dawn. Don’t blame him for it! 

There’s a lot of intense stresses on jobs right now, I love the work that I do but I don’t like being told that I need to get something done at all costs, because if shit worked smoothly in the first place and we didn’t have software issues we wouldn’t be having this conversation lol. Hard to tell them that though. These past 2 weeks have been some of the most difficult, miserable but at the same time thrilling weeks. I really dislike the shit I’ve had to endure but it certainly made the time pass quickly! 

You have never worked in government, those guys have mastered the art of not working. 

> It might not be the job itself that has meaning, but through that income, 

Sometimes we find ourselves in jobs that really don't suite out taste or probably kind of work but with the income which looks pretty much attractive might make one ignore but endure just to earn the income which is the most beneficial and the aim of working as well.

Hi Taraz

You know many years ago I worked myself into a standstill because I took on so many responsibilities that I actually didn't have a life outside of work. Everything revolved around it and it didn't serve me that well to be honest - I got burned out which wasn't helpful to my work or to me personally. 

I think there just has to be a balance but it sounds like you're going to have to broaden your shoulders even more to cover for this colleague leaving. I personally hate it when companies chuck the work onto the next person, it is just not right to do and a company I worked for previously found a replacement for me when I had decided to leave and they hired the person 2 weeks earlier than my leaving date so that they could have 2 weeks with me to get properly trained. That kind of transition seems far better and then the person leaving also knows that they've done all they can to ensure that the next one has the right tools in their toolbox. 

I hope they find a replacement soon so that you aren't stretched to the max. 

I think we need to be ready for everything 

"the happiest people tend to be the ones who not only work the hardest, but work the hardest at something they believe in, that is meaningful to them - where they feel that what they do matters. And generally their work matters to other people too, not just themselves."

I feel what you said above Sir.  
I work for what I believe in and because it's a belief, it's important.
My belief gives birth to a lot of energy to do the job, from one job to the next.

One more thing, that if I do not work, then many people who are under me become unemployed. It becomes important to save the lives of many people. I have taken that responsibility.

Being a person who has lots of goals and not enough time to complete them all despite the fact that work is constantly being done and inputs thrown here and there...I can also easily imagine the other kind of perspective because it is not easy finding the answer to...

> But why?

It's about existence and its purpose of which we can be certain (up to a point) but not correct beyond doubt.

It's easier when you think less of it.

Then again, most work needs you to stop contemplating and just start doing.

...it.

Also,

!BEER

Thanks @tarazkp, reading this gives me more reason and believed that everything we're doing either active or passive tend to end with an outcome, which means work has been done.

I think it makes sense to do some work and earn money. But it seems the government incentivises idleness over work. That's probably the most perplexing thing.

> so even if they dislike the work, the outcomes they get from doing that work is enough to satisfy them.

In some places on the planet, the people also often call this outcomes conformity, consolation and resignation. :)

I was about to protest about never making it to events until you said visible and earning and then was like phew 😆

Definitely a better idea to make the workload more reasonable for one person rather than killing yourself over it. Is someone else stepping up or being hired to help?

For most, myself included, work is a rat race.  I am conditioned to it though after decades.

When everyone's talking about how they want to grow a business and not ever do a 9-5 or whatever time salaries are paid for, and I don't completely jump in on it 100% with them, I sometimes feel like I'm not thinking straight. I mean don't get me wrong, I get how not working works, the benefits and luxuries that come with it, but it can't be me. This 6minute read has me realising that I am not alone 'cause like you, I'm one who finds purpose from my job past the paycheques. I would rather get busy with activities/tasks that I must complete as a lot depends on my completion of it, than sit round, idling away because I can. 

>it might be possible to survive without work...

I think it is much more possible in this era thanks to the platforms such as Hive, Youtube, Twicth etc. I would definetly consider Hive as a job if I was unemployed.