When I think of work, I usually feel claustrophobic, constricted and confined. What do you think about? Necessity? Responsibility? A Sense of identity? Actually some people identify so much with their jobs, that it is the first thing they ask when meeting a new person. "So, what do you do?"
You know what I tell them? I say that I am a "professional enjoyer". I am! My life has been developing for a while now, and what I have discovered it that my job does not equal my identity. I know there are those of you out there who are saying, "Yeah, but what am I supposed to do? Go and quit my job?" No. Absolutely not, unless you want to. What I suggest to you is the fact that you can work wherever you wish!
Some people find pleasure in working within a traditional model-the office, with the water cooler mentality and that is fine. But then there are others who are bored to tears in that environment, and have tried every which way to get out of it. Some even sabotage their jobs so that they have to quit or are fired. Others drift away the hours by endlessly surfing the net and getting the bare minimum of work done each day.
My question to you is-and there will be many-why are you doing this to the remaining minutes of your life? No one is stuck who does not want to be stuck. YOU CAN WORK WHEREVER! I have a plan to help you develop your passions in such a way that you can derive such pleasure out of your work, that it won't even seem like work at all! Are you a closet teacher? How about a writer, cupcake baker, party planner, financial wizard? I encourage you to remember the minutes you have left, and spend them well...
Yes, transition and failure are possibilities. I can't tell you to WORK WHEREVER without putting that out there. All I know is that when people ask me what I do, I can smile! Why? Because I can pick up this computer and get on a plane and work from St Lucia, Paris or Milan should I choose. To me that is liberating, leads me to a feeling of joy, and brings me in touch with real, mental PLEASURE!
Try it today. What can you do better than most of your friends and family? I ask you to do some research-while you still have your "job"-and see what it would take to make the transition into being a person who can WORK WHEREVER! Then, simply go for it!
You know what I tell them? I say that I am a "professional enjoyer". I am! My life has been developing for a while now, and what I have discovered it that my job does not equal my identity. I know there are those of you out there who are saying, "Yeah, but what am I supposed to do? Go and quit my job?" No. Absolutely not, unless you want to. What I suggest to you is the fact that you can work wherever you wish!
Some people find pleasure in working within a traditional model-the office, with the water cooler mentality and that is fine. But then there are others who are bored to tears in that environment, and have tried every which way to get out of it. Some even sabotage their jobs so that they have to quit or are fired. Others drift away the hours by endlessly surfing the net and getting the bare minimum of work done each day.
My question to you is-and there will be many-why are you doing this to the remaining minutes of your life? No one is stuck who does not want to be stuck. YOU CAN WORK WHEREVER! I have a plan to help you develop your passions in such a way that you can derive such pleasure out of your work, that it won't even seem like work at all! Are you a closet teacher? How about a writer, cupcake baker, party planner, financial wizard? I encourage you to remember the minutes you have left, and spend them well...
Yes, transition and failure are possibilities. I can't tell you to WORK WHEREVER without putting that out there. All I know is that when people ask me what I do, I can smile! Why? Because I can pick up this computer and get on a plane and work from St Lucia, Paris or Milan should I choose. To me that is liberating, leads me to a feeling of joy, and brings me in touch with real, mental PLEASURE!
Try it today. What can you do better than most of your friends and family? I ask you to do some research-while you still have your "job"-and see what it would take to make the transition into being a person who can WORK WHEREVER! Then, simply go for it!
1 comment:
Yes, Anne, yes! I love this, being an actor my work has always been everywhere and everything possible. Reading this reminded me that the most important thing about work is that it is enjoyed.
Love you,
Anne
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