Do you think you should find fulfillment in work?

[HamFan]

If you're not finding it, should you keep trying? Or disengage, just take a paycheck, and focus on finding fulfillment in your personal life/other pursuits.

 

[Gangstalker #32194]

I don't know, should I have perfect harmony my loved ones, should I be able to go outside without being tracked by machines or have all of my conversations listened in on, should I be able to eat and drink things that don't have corn syrup in them or seed oils in them? Yes. I should.

It's best to be pragmatic while keeping in mind that you can make anything happen if you've got the right plan. I just wouldn't have a panic attack that I'm not living a particular dream, it's called living the dream for a reason. Maybe find another dream.

 

[Aunt Carol]

It'd have to be a pretty good paycheck to spend so much time doing something you completely hate.

Nobody's going to pay you to eat cheese or masturbate, but there are a lot of jobs that focus on building something, on making visible progress, on slow but visible change, on providing something that customers thank you for.

Looking for 100% of your fulfillment from work is optimistic, but if you have something that feels mostly good, then you can also find fulfillment from home life, too, without seeing work time as a black pit that you throw life into.

 

[eatler]

I saved up a lot of money and after I was unjustly fired I started helping my family with their business. I’m almost broke and barely surviving but if I would have stayed at my old work I can’t guarantee you I wouldn’t of gone nuts. So I am super happy compared to what I was dealing with before. Hope that helps.

Also one more thing if you do decide to do the hobby route YOU ACTUALLY HAVE TO DO THEM. That’s the thing that mostly gets people.

 

[Party Hat Wurmple]

My ex wife found fulfillment in work. From her boss.....in my house. In my bed. That's why both their corpses are under the floorboards. Don't tell my kids. The smell is a skunk.

 

[Tiny Chinaman]

yess massa sure do sure do likes working sure do massa

 

[Moths]

My ex wife found fulfillment in work. From her boss.....in my house. In my bed. That's why both their corpses are under the floorboards. Don't tell my kids. The smell is a skunk.

I hear some lemon and tomato juice helps get rid of skunk smell

 

[Uncle Phil]

For most people, work isn't your life. It's the thing that pays fir your life.

Ideally sure it's a great gig to "find something you love to do and never work a day in your life" but it's not realistic to imagine that there's somebody who just LOVES every given thing someone else might pay them to do.

If you're well-recompensed for something you can tolerate, and that funds a fulfilling lifestyle, that's a good life. If what you do is something that abominates you or doesn't pay you enough then you should make a change, but don't expect to get paid six figures for something that's big fun.

 

[gorgoroth7134]

Find a piece of it that is, for your mental health. Not everything has to be perfect. I'd rather worry about the other parts of my life being fulfilling than necessarily finding the perfect job. It's a survival tool.

 

[draggs]

I think I should find money in work

 

[California Newt]

Nobody's going to pay you to eat cheese or masturbate

Speak for yourself

 

[Aunt Carol]

Speak for yourself

...you guys hiring?

 

[Ibanez RG 350EX]

I have never, ever found any part of any job I've had the least bit "fulfilling".

Work sucks - that's why they pay you money to do it.

 

[OrionBalls]

Work is work, whether you love it, or not. I prefer to love what I do, but then, I can find enjoyment in anything. Every single job has at least a bit of hospitality in it.

 

[California Newt]

I have never, ever found any part of any job I've had the least bit "fulfilling".

Work sucks - that's why they pay you money to do it.

I can't agree. Being involved in teaching or tutoring in any capacity can be very rewarding; there's a unique satisfaction when it "clicks" for them. There's also a pleasure in getting through splitting and stacking a cord of firewood to sell. The issue isn't that work itself sucks, it's a question of purpose and whether the workload is too heavy or stressful.

Being or getting stronger will bring both of these sources of tension down to bearable—if not pleasurable—ranges; if the work is so bad that that's not possible, then yeah it sucks.

 

[Bassomatic]

I love doing stuff, so I'm happy working.

Not to say I don't like to wind down or have had bad jobs.

I think it depends on what you want your main focus to be. You can't fake it but you can be good if not great at something that's not it. For example a scientist who just eats sleeps and breathes his stuff, can still be a kick ass family man, swimmer, dancer etc. but he needs to accept he's wired to do his thing in the lab.

Trying to do it another order builds a resentment and you don't do any of it as well. I say this and sounds dark but if you love your vocational stuff more than anything do that first you'll still be a good person even if a parent.

 

[Ibanez RG 350EX]

I can't agree. Being involved in teaching or tutoring in any capacity can be very rewarding; there's a unique satisfaction when it "clicks" for them. There's also a pleasure in getting through splitting and stacking a cord of firewood to sell.

Well, I'm glad you're able to get something out of it. I've had a lot of varied jobs over the years, but whether I was stocking shelves or mowing golf fairways or writing programs for large industrial machinery, it was always a matter of doing what needed doing to guarantee a paycheck at the end of the week.

The idea of any of it being intrinsically rewarding seems crazy to me.

 

[California Newt]

...you guys hiring?

A Dairy-focused Mukbang gooning onlyfans would be a huge success (especially with a woman on the team), and I can think of exactly how to make and promote it, but I'm gonna have to leave that money on the table and use those creative energies somewhere more appropriate. I like your gumption, though.

 

[User names must be unique]

No I think the best you can ask for is contentment a job doesn't been to be fulfilling as long as it's not draining