As I grow older, I am continually faced with this scenario...doing things I either don't like or simply don't want to do. My job for instance, If I could just do the core responsibilities of my job day in and day out I'd love it. Instead, I'm tasked with not only doing my job, but doing and thinking for everyone else around me. In addition to doing my job and everyone else's I'm now being asked to do even more things I don't like and even more thinking and doing for others in the guise of "getting to the next rung on the ladder."
The sad thing about this scenario is I am quickly coming to believe everyone is in the same boat. While there might be a dream job out there for everyone some day, most never find it and are forced to pursue the same path that I currently am pursuing. Even in the dream job, most people still have to do a lot of things that they just don't care to do.
Let's take the job scenario out of it shall we, since, (as you can tell from the above two paragraphs I'm a little burned out currently) life in general is like this. I don't like cleaning my toilet, but it is a necessity. I hate going grocery shopping but if I don't want to eat out all of the time I have to face the Kroger Zombies (people who are in a daze that you have to nearly run over with your cart) in order to feed myself.
I look around and wonder is life simply one big toilet bowl cleaning? Sure, once you're done with the wipe down it's a sparkling, white throne, but is the compromise of your dignity and your sanity for those few seconds while you have your head down there in the swirling, germ-ridden water grunting and scrubbing worth it?
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Life as a toilet bowl? In a sense I guess. Though try those clorox drop ins, they make it easier. They clean with each flush. Think of it this way, you spend 5 minutes once a week doing an odious task, and then it's done. And you do what makes you happy guilt free. The tough part of jobs is that you have to do it 8 hours a day, and then you're free to play. But life is what we do with it, not what we do for a living. Think of your tombstone. No one wants their tombstone to exult how many units of widgets they moved in Q2. They want it to talk about how they found joy in the little things, were a loyal friend and partner and so forth.
Of course you and biscuit are in a unique position b/c you actually are working for a souless vampiric organization. Now that I'm two years removed, in a better paying, more stable organization, and I'm generally happier now that I can say that with a certain amount of objectivity. So I guess in short, life is a toilet bowl, clean it as best as you can, and remember some get higher volumes of shit deposited in it than others.
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