7 Steps Out of the Job Culture
You can't just tell the boss to f*!? off and walk away from the life of a wage slave, because - because - because - because - because - because of the wonderful things he does. Well, that, and the credit card bills and the mortgage and all those other tags of slavery you've willingly accumulated over the years. But what can you do while you're waiting for the next phase of your life to present itself to you?
Well ...
1. Stop waiting for the next phase of your life to present itself to you. Don't wait for the next phase of your life to present itself; decide what you want to be when you grow up and start presenting it to your life. In other words, make something happen!
2. Make a plan. The next phase is probably something you can work on in your spare time while you're devoting 40 hours of your life to making the corporation go round in circles. (How the heck did we ever get trapped in that cycle anyway?) I'll bet you can spare one hour a day to a brighter future. In fact, I'll bet you can spare more than that. Sleep, shmeep. Once you get started, you'll be too excited to sleep anyway.
3. Work the plan. Yeah, you came up with some great ideas when you spared that one hour to think about a brighter future. Now get started on it. I said one hour (or more) a day, right? You did great yesterday. What's your excuse today? (The right answer is "I got no excuse." So work the plan!)
4. Go for a walk. Run. Play rugby. Play pingpong. Whatever you enjoy doing with your body. (Down, boy.) Just get the juices flowing, because when you're just sitting in front of a screen all day, the juices in your brain tend to get stagnant. Plus, all of those things about living longer with exercise are probably true.
5. Read. Get involved with somebody else's mind. It'll stretch yours. And it very likely will give you some ideas about the next phase of your life.
6. Refuse to be afraid. (Did I mention these are in no special order? This is really #1.) And of course, by this I mean sure, I know you're afraid - we're all afraid. Just work with it. Peter McWilliams wrote about stepping out of your comfort zone by turning the fear into energy. Bob Parsons, the GoDaddy.com guy, says get out of your comfort zone and stay out. Everything ever accomplished, from the date with that hottie across the room to the American Revolution, was accomplished by stepping out of the comfort zone and acting despite the fear.
7. Business before pleasure, but remember the pleasure part. Work on all of it, but remember to relax and unwind at regular intervals. Smell the roses. Listen to Guns N' Roses. Read today's "Rose is Rose" comic strip. Rent The Rose from Netflix. Whatever trips your trigger; just trip it early and often to avoid burnout.
You can't find freedom from the rut you're in inside another glass of whine. The old cliche is that freedom has to be earned. Don't wait around for someone or something to free you; free yourself. Take the first step. Today. Maybe even now.
Well ...
1. Stop waiting for the next phase of your life to present itself to you. Don't wait for the next phase of your life to present itself; decide what you want to be when you grow up and start presenting it to your life. In other words, make something happen!
2. Make a plan. The next phase is probably something you can work on in your spare time while you're devoting 40 hours of your life to making the corporation go round in circles. (How the heck did we ever get trapped in that cycle anyway?) I'll bet you can spare one hour a day to a brighter future. In fact, I'll bet you can spare more than that. Sleep, shmeep. Once you get started, you'll be too excited to sleep anyway.
3. Work the plan. Yeah, you came up with some great ideas when you spared that one hour to think about a brighter future. Now get started on it. I said one hour (or more) a day, right? You did great yesterday. What's your excuse today? (The right answer is "I got no excuse." So work the plan!)
4. Go for a walk. Run. Play rugby. Play pingpong. Whatever you enjoy doing with your body. (Down, boy.) Just get the juices flowing, because when you're just sitting in front of a screen all day, the juices in your brain tend to get stagnant. Plus, all of those things about living longer with exercise are probably true.
5. Read. Get involved with somebody else's mind. It'll stretch yours. And it very likely will give you some ideas about the next phase of your life.
6. Refuse to be afraid. (Did I mention these are in no special order? This is really #1.) And of course, by this I mean sure, I know you're afraid - we're all afraid. Just work with it. Peter McWilliams wrote about stepping out of your comfort zone by turning the fear into energy. Bob Parsons, the GoDaddy.com guy, says get out of your comfort zone and stay out. Everything ever accomplished, from the date with that hottie across the room to the American Revolution, was accomplished by stepping out of the comfort zone and acting despite the fear.
7. Business before pleasure, but remember the pleasure part. Work on all of it, but remember to relax and unwind at regular intervals. Smell the roses. Listen to Guns N' Roses. Read today's "Rose is Rose" comic strip. Rent The Rose from Netflix. Whatever trips your trigger; just trip it early and often to avoid burnout.
You can't find freedom from the rut you're in inside another glass of whine. The old cliche is that freedom has to be earned. Don't wait around for someone or something to free you; free yourself. Take the first step. Today. Maybe even now.
posted by B.W. Richardson at
10:44 PM
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Three More Days by the Guess Who
(Cummings-Winter)
Meet my lady every morning half past nine when the bells begin to ring,
Looking out the window down the road and I see the same damn thing,
Three days to get it on, three days to get it off and three more days to die,
And I’m six feet down and I’m asking the good Lord up in heaven
Why
You can’t find all the answers if you’re always standing in the rain,
And once the chance goes by it just might not come round again,
Three days to build it up, three days to tear it down and three more days to die,
And I’m still six feet down still wonderin’, prayin’ and asking
Why
We gotta have a reason and you know it
Freedom, paint me a picture,
Show it to me right now, Freedom, paint me a picture,
Where are you freedom
Meet my lady every morning half past nine when the bells begin to ring,
Looking out the window down the road and I see the same damn thing,
Three days to get it on, three days to get it off and three more days to die,
And I’m six feet down and I’m asking the good Lord up in heaven
Why,
Have you got any answers for sale....
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