Rebels And Work
thứ năm 01 mười, 2009 - 105 ViewsThere are two facets for 'work'. On one hand we need to work to 'feed' ourselves and our families, in the other hand we need to work to give a contribution to our society as a whole.
As work is a necessity everyone should be able to work. It is a right but it is also a duty.
When we are young and we prepare ourselves to enter life, we actually prepare ourselves to work.
Work is one of the most important parts of our lives, it is with us for most part of our adult life.
As work is one of the most important parts of our lives, we must be able to manage it the best possible way.
We really need to put a lot of attention on the work we do because a very big part of our life will be dedicated to it.
The ideal job
What are the characteristics that makes a job a good job, an ideal job?
1) We should be able to like the job we do. If we like the job we do will will put on it all our energies and do it the best possible way. If we don't like our job it will make our life miserable, and a miserable life is not worth living.
2) The job we do should be able to give us “economic independence”. Economic independence is to be able to buy whatever we need when we need it. If we need to struggle to get to the end of the month the job we are doing is not a good job. If we make much more money than what we need our job is not a good job.
3) The job we do should be useful for the society as a whole. This is an important point because many jobs are parasitic in nature, taking from the society much more than they give.
4) The job we do should give us enough time to rest and dedicate ourselves to other things. We must have other interests outside the work we do, and we must have the time to dedicate to those interests, in terms of free time every day and a good number of free days in a week, a month, a year.
The ideal time to work would be 6 hours a day for 4 days a week, eleven month a year. This will give us enough time to dedicate to other interests.
5) The place of work should not be far from the place where we live. The ideal thing would be to live and work in the same place.
We are in the age of computers and Internet, and it should be easy enough to decentralize the work and do it from home.
