Thursday, January 3, 2008
I wonder how certain people can be married to their work. Being married to work is different from being forced to work, at least from the way I interpret it. I read it in the papers long ago and even till now I do remember vaguely about what someone said. He/she mentioned that work should be taken as it is. As in you do not think too much or try to go against it. Go with the flow and accept it as part of life. Only then would you not feel so depressed all the time. And of course, it is important to have a life outside work which would give purpose to it. Something along the line, not the exact words. True to a certain extent I supposed.
Another person who's retired and whom I've only met briefly during a 2-day training mentioned that whatever job you end up with, treat it as a vocation. Just simply those few words from an experienced person.
Ok, back to the marriage of human to work... Everytime when I (cunningly) tested Chia and asked him if he's married. He'd give an "I'm married to my work" reply. I guess in a way, it's true. Dedication is the word to describe him towards his job and yet did I detect a sense of resignation? Quiet strength towards what he believes in but yet is too aware of what the system holds for him here? Probably as the years go by, a person could have mellowed and numbness begins to set in gradually.
We all know too well that the last email isn't really the last and that final document isn't really the final. Slowly but surely, one starts to become a workaholic. There's always a voice in you telling yourself that there's still time to send out another email or type that final thing.. Last last last.. but there's really no end to everything.
Is life just about work?
And when you finally stop for a moment to look away from your work, you realize you don't even know how to make use of the stolen moment wisely to relax. You find that your mind is wandering to work-related issues again. So naturally, so inevitably.Labels: Work
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