Wow, there’s so much to digest here! Looking back over my life I do wonder what it would’ve been like to just have a stable job that paid well and had a good benefits and found my meaning in things that are actually meaningful like relationships instead of trying to find my meaning in my work.
Wow, there’s so much to digest here! Looking back over my life I do wonder what it would’ve been like to just have a stable job that paid well and had a good benefits and found my meaning in things that are actually meaningful like relationships instead of trying to find my meaning in my work.
My sister-in-law’s sister and husband both worked for Boeing right out of high school driving delivery trucks. They worked 40 hour weeks and not one minute over and had regular schedules and job stability. They retired at 50 with full benefits and pensions and I was like why did I not do this?! Instead, I pursued passion jobs that were very unstable and had no benefits or pensions or anything like that and that were insanely stressful and bled into my free time. Of course I don’t even know if jobs like the Boeing job even exist anymore but I do think there’s something to be said for just having a job that stable and pays the bills if you can find one.
Because you probably would have hated all 40 hours a week you spent driving that truck! It is easy to look back now and ask why didn't I take that job when they are at the end and retiring at 50! My cousin had a very similar job and hated every minute of it and hating your job for 30 years is not a way to live
i actually don't think i would have hated it. in college i worked for an auto parts delivery service and i loved driving around by myself, listening to music etc. I think i would have been unhappy b/c my ego needed the approval of a more "impressive" job but that's a problem. Of course I did it the way I had to given the tools i had. but me today would take a job like that and use the free time for my passions. Ironically in following my passion i had no free time for anything else and in the end i realized it wasn't even my passion oops!
Wow, there’s so much to digest here! Looking back over my life I do wonder what it would’ve been like to just have a stable job that paid well and had a good benefits and found my meaning in things that are actually meaningful like relationships instead of trying to find my meaning in my work.
My sister-in-law’s sister and husband both worked for Boeing right out of high school driving delivery trucks. They worked 40 hour weeks and not one minute over and had regular schedules and job stability. They retired at 50 with full benefits and pensions and I was like why did I not do this?! Instead, I pursued passion jobs that were very unstable and had no benefits or pensions or anything like that and that were insanely stressful and bled into my free time. Of course I don’t even know if jobs like the Boeing job even exist anymore but I do think there’s something to be said for just having a job that stable and pays the bills if you can find one.
Because you probably would have hated all 40 hours a week you spent driving that truck! It is easy to look back now and ask why didn't I take that job when they are at the end and retiring at 50! My cousin had a very similar job and hated every minute of it and hating your job for 30 years is not a way to live
i actually don't think i would have hated it. in college i worked for an auto parts delivery service and i loved driving around by myself, listening to music etc. I think i would have been unhappy b/c my ego needed the approval of a more "impressive" job but that's a problem. Of course I did it the way I had to given the tools i had. but me today would take a job like that and use the free time for my passions. Ironically in following my passion i had no free time for anything else and in the end i realized it wasn't even my passion oops!