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So, one who doesn't have to work, and therefore doesn't, makes one a loser?
smh... some people just fail to see their own illogical thought process.
I don't consider someone who doesn't work a "loser."
What I do think is that it's a very unfulfilling life. If you did nothing your entire life, just eat, sleep, and bake pies... what do you have to show for your time on earth?
Most people search for a purpose in life. Be it starting a family and having children, doing charitable works, working and providing for a better life for your family... something. "Work" is just one thing that could be done.
When I am near death, I want to know that my time on this earth mattered. To me, that means I need to do something with my time that is meaningful.
I don't consider someone who doesn't work a "loser."
What I do think is that it's a very unfulfilling life. If you did nothing your entire life, just eat, sleep, and bake pies... what do you have to show for your time on earth?
Most people search for a purpose in life. Be it starting a family and having children, doing charitable works, working and providing for a better life for your family... something. "Work" is just one thing that could be done.
When I am near death, I want to know that my time on this earth mattered. To me, that means I need to do something with my time that is meaningful.
"Work" is just one thing that could be done.
When I am near death, I want to know that my time on this earth mattered. To me, that means I need to do something with my time that is meaningful.
I think some people are getting so hung up on the fact that many people don't like their jobs, that they're completely missing what some of us are saying.
Work=fulfillment? That's a load of crap. One doesn't have to work to be fulfilled.
I don't think any of us mean "work" as in the drudgery of a job. We all know there are a lot of jobs that are pretty unappealing, boring or even gross. Not all "work" is something you get paid for either.
By "work" we mean something productive that requires commitment and self-discipline - something that somehow contributes to the world and takes the focus off of purely self.
It's less my family, more my grandma. She just believes that because I don't work I am lazy. It angers her and she expresses her opinion about it. It makes things weird when I visit.
I don't know how to stand up to her without disrespecting her. I'm not very confrontational.
Thanks just looking for opinions.
allieoxenfree, Your grandma does have some wisdom. More than likely she did live during the great depression and she knows what its like to struggle. As for your dad and mom, they all love you and don't want to rely upon your inheritance. It can be there one day and gone the next.
I do think working a job, even if its part time is good for the soul. You learn to interact with people, learn the value of a dollar, responsibility and even respect. You may even learn more about something that will benefit you later in life. Many people that I know who are well off, still work. They like to hide their wealth, live modestly and work hard for the money they allow themselves to actually live on. For example I know my uncle is very well off but by the house they live in, their life style and all that you would never know.
You're going to do what you would like, but give it a try. You never know you might actually like it.
ETA: My grandma worked a job during WWII in DC. It was the only job she ever worked. However to this day she will not tell a single word of what she did. Only that it was a top secret job and that she worked with the granddaddy of computers. She even has a letter stating what she did and it is hidden in her house. When she talks about that time, she is so proud of her accomplishments during that time.
To this day I think my grandma is quite a remarkable woman. Working in DC during WWII, she sang with some local bands, after she married my grandpa raised 4 kids as a military wife and baked like her mama all while being an amputee. I strive to be a lot like her because she is such a strong woman.
Last edited by ladybug07; 10-16-2014 at 09:20 PM..
I don't think any of us mean "work" as in the drudgery of a job. We all know there are a lot of jobs that are pretty unappealing, boring or even gross. Not all "work" is something you get paid for either.
By "work" we mean something productive that requires commitment and self-discipline - something that somehow contributes to the world and takes the focus off of purely self.
Baking pies is productive, and if she gives away some of them or donates them to a soup kitchen, she'd satisfy your 'being productive' component as well as the altruistic component!
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