the hope of something better
24 October 2005, 23:16 in Stream of Nonsense
While employment is a big part of our lives, I’ve always wondered if it’s something worth doing. Paul Graham’s essays, particularly on startups, hold a definite fascination.
I’m leaving my current job soon, taking a leap into unemployment with nothing but admission to two bars, some will-writing experience under my belt, and the hope of something better.
Or, perhaps more properly, the hope of being something better than I am now. My job is by no means difficult, and while there are some challenges, they are uninteresting enough to actually be challenging. They’re boring, and so I’ve just been shutting down (with increasing depth and rapidity of late).
I guess I need to have a word with Adam Smith, because quite frankly, I am getting tired of being divorced from my labor. I want to own it. I want to do something hard and worthwhile, and I want my days to mean something. Anybody want to help?
sarah aka the girl said,
Oct 24, 11:28 PM #
who needs meaning? all any body ever really needs is cake. that and monkeys.jonathan said,
Oct 25, 01:48 PM #
I think you’ve got your hands full growin’ that beard (which, I will admit, is neither as whispy nor as scarggly as I had anticipated).n said,
Oct 25, 09:43 PM #
I would like to help. I would also like to help in beating up Adam Smith.jonathan said,
Oct 26, 08:33 AM #
can i take a swipe at rousseau?n said,
Oct 26, 09:22 PM #
So you take a swipe at the progenitor of the “social contract”? Oh, the irony.jeremy said,
Oct 28, 12:23 PM #
How is that ironic? It’s more like desecrating a grave to physically pummel its occupant. The irony escapes, unless the “social contract” expressly forbids the digging up and beating of dead people.Does it?
Wong PoKér Hu Online said,
Nov 14, 09:39 PM #
If you’re hoping for something better, you better get a job that you think you’ll enjoy more because of the challenges and the compensation it will bring you. I know a lot of people who have settled for jobs that didn’t give them much challenge because they said they needed security. Like you though, I would like some challenge in my current job.jeremy said,
Nov 14, 11:03 PM #
Thanks for your comment, Wong. I’m removing any links to your page, which appears to be innocuous, because you use poker in your name, and the google cache for your page is clearly a poker site. On top of which, this comment smacks of comment spam (of which poker spam is but a subset), and then you’ve got a post on “splogs”. So. That’s some weird stuff, man.