In this life that we live. We are born, start school, and then after we are done with all that. We believe that getting a job is the way to go. As for me this is not the case. I have been out of high school for about 6 years. When I first got out I had found a manufacturing job working full time. I had thought that getting a job wouldn't be so bad, I mean my parents and most of my family stay at their jobs until they can retire. So I figured it was the way to go. However for me about 2 - 3 months in and I was already tired of the job. I just didn't feel like I was accomplishing anything. Doing tasks that meant absolutely nothing to me. What true benefit was I getting from producing those parts. I mean yeah I was making money, that's always plus right? But my time was leaving me.. I was putting most of my time into something that brought me no joy. Felt like I was wasting my life away. Wake up, go to work, get off, run errands, eat, and sleep was my life cycle. The only time I had to work on other things only came on weekends, but eventually the weekend turned into 1 day off. So each week I was spending about 50 - 60 hours dying to myself.. Selling my time for a paycheck. There are 168 hours in a week. if you work full time, about 30% of your time is taken away.
which leaves you with about 117 hours, but you will need about 6 hours a day to sleep. So you now have 75 hours to yourself. Then you might have to sit in traffic, so that's about another hour taken from you each day. which brings your time down to 70, then you have to run errands. which I'm gonna say takes about 2 hours a day. So now you are left with 65 hours to try and enjoy yourself, learn something new, and try to live.I believe you aren't living until all your errands are done, and you are not working at a job,. I believe this is where your life truly begins.
Now I believe there is a difference between work and WORK. Now I consider work as something you do like on a job just to pay the bills and stuff. But WORK is something that I believe makes you feel like you are accomplishing something important to you. Even if you are doing hard WORK, it wont feel like it because you will have the drive and motivation to get it done. You feel that it is a goal, an accomplishment behind that task you are WORKing on. For me one of my WORKs is my music. I enjoy it very much. it is my passion. Anytime I have time I am creating or WORKing on new music. Someday I will end this work cycle and then I can invest all my time into music. Another thing I consider WORK is my Youtube channel.. On there I can release my gifts to the world. I've even had times where I have had to push myself to record a certain video. Even though most of my family couldn't see why I was doing it. It didn't matter. I felt like I was accomplishing something good. Something that made me feel good on the inside that I produced that. I created that.
In those 6 years of being out of High School. I have gotten 3 different jobs. And out of all these I have discovered that No matter how much money I get. I still feel there is something pulling on me to stay away. The money can't control me. Just let me have the tools that help me do my WORK. What have I accomplished by working at a job. nothing. Does it matter if I perform good? No matter how hard I work I have discovered that there is nothing inside me that says. It is good that you have done this. The whole time I be thinking. I need to hurry up and do this So I can leave. Which is dangerous because it's kinda like slavery. Even though we aren't forced to go to work. Out thoughts are mainly about what do we do If we lose this job. How am I going to live? How am I going to Support my Family? I told them I could make it on my own but Now What? Will my woman leave me because I can't support her? Are we going to be on the streets if I do this? The questions never end.. This is where I am. In the middle. So until I do enough WORK to support myself I will have to deal with this.
I believe there are ways you could make it without working at a job till retirement. Because me I don't want to wait till I'm like 60 to try and do awesome things. By that time I'll be moving slower. I want to get the best out of my life now. Don't want to waste away. I want to feel accomplished and be successful while doing my WORK. That is my dream. Well now time to go. got some WORK to do..
