tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964698794691718038.post8775737300144919776..comments2024-02-24T18:21:32.681-07:00Comments on It Just Gets Stranger: Careers ELIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11231200183264672395noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964698794691718038.post-84517892216616439952020-11-23T10:50:41.065-07:002020-11-23T10:50:41.065-07:00Once upon a time I thought about turning a hobby I...Once upon a time I thought about turning a hobby I thoroughly enjoyed into a job. Then I realized that if I had to do this in order to pay my bills, I'd eventually hate it. Don't do what you love. Do what you can stand enough to pay for the things you love. Nicole Kragthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14931514387895205881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964698794691718038.post-51753096339241123432020-11-23T10:49:14.035-07:002020-11-23T10:49:14.035-07:00There's actually no blood when warts get burne...There's actually no blood when warts get burned off - my son has two taken off the bottom of his foot. Nicole Kragthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14931514387895205881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964698794691718038.post-88363865740526466952020-11-20T23:10:43.675-07:002020-11-20T23:10:43.675-07:00The other day I read that peloton has a "head...The other day I read that peloton has a "head of music" and I thought that must be the best job ever. But then I thought that it must be a bit of a headache bc they probably have to actually deal with lawyers and paperwork... I tell my boss every day that I'm quitting (I'm a director level in a consulting firm) because work it's hard and demanding and I've got kids to homeschool. My grandma says "if it was fun, they wouldn't call it work". An old co-worker of mine used to say every job is just pushing a pile of paper from one side of a desk to another.. Anyway, random thoughts about this subject.Stopher and Nicollehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06009010787632689099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964698794691718038.post-19491467095821776012020-11-20T11:00:20.374-07:002020-11-20T11:00:20.374-07:00This is why you get paid.This is why you get paid.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964698794691718038.post-62558885983972752682020-11-20T10:00:05.385-07:002020-11-20T10:00:05.385-07:00I can't remember what my comment was, but some...I can't remember what my comment was, but something along the lines of misery of work, and one of the trauma surgeons on the webex replied "not when you love what you do". I envy that enthusiasm. <br />I think Skylar is in that hard year where he rotates thru Every specialty, and I truly hope he finds one that fascinates him. <br />I can confirm that even the ones that LOVE their specialty still have complaints about iCentra, leadership directions, the nit/grit, but getting to care for patients is what keeps them going! We're all cheering for your cat spouse!! Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17118862266986392177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964698794691718038.post-71535620654793785442020-11-20T05:23:30.834-07:002020-11-20T05:23:30.834-07:00Fun fact: you can use breastmilk to remove warts. ...Fun fact: you can use breastmilk to remove warts. Don’t know how or why it works. But random things like that make my job as a human dairy a little more interesting than it would otherwise be.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964698794691718038.post-60471894082811734682020-11-19T22:11:17.465-07:002020-11-19T22:11:17.465-07:00Burning off a wart may be sexier than a Dauber mot...Burning off a wart may be sexier than a Dauber motion, but at least we don’t have to look at blood. Matt S.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964698794691718038.post-7529000037754102032020-11-19T17:11:09.404-07:002020-11-19T17:11:09.404-07:00I’m in marketing, in an industry where vendors sti...I’m in marketing, in an industry where vendors still rely on wining and dining, so I get lots of free job perks. Everyone is convinced my job is all play and no work, and I can’t argue too much with it. 😂 But for every vendor I love working with, there are vendors I don’t like any monotonous tasks I put off. Some work is just work. I agree: I don’t think anyone in the world wakes up *every* day happy about work.Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11071826737533792395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964698794691718038.post-27954671153942006522020-11-19T13:17:02.246-07:002020-11-19T13:17:02.246-07:00I read a while back about how generations ago, Ame...I read a while back about how generations ago, Americans found enjoyment in families and home, recreation and friends. They did not expect it from work. They usually expected work to be kind of terrible or at least boring.<br /><br />Nowadays, people expect fulfillment and enjoyment from work, but work often does not deliver. Most jobs are full of drudgery. And this has caused more depression and disillusionment in people who expected work to be the life goral that fulfilled them. But then it didn’t.<br /><br />I don’t have a career, so I can’t have much of an opinion, but it was an interesting read.Mimi Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13951823063670279689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964698794691718038.post-65913189027308941772020-11-19T13:00:28.076-07:002020-11-19T13:00:28.076-07:00Love the last line the most. “I married a cat” 😂�...Love the last line the most. “I married a cat” 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964698794691718038.post-24681082361715261982020-11-19T12:03:16.126-07:002020-11-19T12:03:16.126-07:00I think it's good to feel good about the work ...I think it's good to feel good about the work you're doing, but that doesn't mean that you'll enjoy the work it takes to do it. If that makes sense.<br /><br />I enjoy my "big picture" work (capital-W Work, maybe?). All the detail work is cumbersome and blah, but the big picture is great. I think the whole mindfulness movement helps us remember to make time to take that step back and admire the big picture more frequently than we probably do. Perspective helps alleviate the drudgery of all the work that makes Work possible.Brandonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01474545158580343835noreply@blogger.com