PAID TO EXIST
http://paidtoexist.com/the-lie-of-the-four-hour-work-week/
The definition most people have of work is totally disempowering. It’s more in line with slavery, toiling and punishment. Work is seen as something you have to do topay your dues. How many times did you hear your mom or dad say as a kid “I worked hard to buy/make/microwave this food and you better eat it!” We’re brought up with our parents making us think that work is some kind of grueling sacrifice they’ve done to “give us a better life.” (The intended message may have been to instill respect for hard work, but usually the outcome is feeling guilty for being born.)
As Rolf Potts represents in his awesome book, Vagabonding, you can only live so long sipping martinis on a beach. Sooner or later, you’ll be bored. You’ll want to actually do something that matters.
One of those options is The Zero Hour Workweek — a guide to getting paid to be who you are.
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ReplyDeleteThis is interesting because as kids we all want to do something 'that we love'. As children it's as though we cannot conceive of working 8 hours a day in a job that we do not love. It makes no sense to us! We all dreamed then, you know?
But then as we get older, we come to see that (in this society) work is a means to an end, and that, more often than not, we have to do what we do not love. In this sense it becomes a form of slavery, especially for those who do not have the time to pursue their dreams. But even for those with that opportunity- such as students- it is not easy, and dreaming remains just that: a dream.
I guess this sounds quite miserable, doesn't it?! But how can work become something loved? When the most of the world works jobs they do not like, how could we change that? Maybe we could chase away this dream that society needs us to believe in, for one? Instead of chasing the most money, maybe we could learn to value survival in itself. In richer societies people seem to take survival for granted.