FatHobbit
Posts: 8,651
Sep 14, 2010 10:11am
Or is it just something you do to put food on the table and support your hobbies? I used to be fairly dedicated to my work but lately it's just something I have to do so I can do the things I really want to do when I go home. I thought if I just waited it out I would get motivated again, but that doesn't seem to be working. Part of me thinks I should look for a new job to try to get motivated again but I'm really comfortable here and with all the stories about the economy I just haven't wanted to.
So what about you?
So what about you?
gorocks99
Posts: 10,760
Sep 14, 2010 10:14am
I work to live, not live to work.
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Con_Alma
Posts: 12,198
Sep 14, 2010 10:22am
My God I hope not.
I define my job. It doesn't define me.
I define my job. It doesn't define me.
ernest_t_bass
Posts: 24,984
Sep 14, 2010 10:22am
Motivated? I think the only type of job that would motivate me is if I owned my own business. Who is motivated to make someone else more money?
Heretic
Posts: 18,820
Sep 14, 2010 10:23am
My job gets me money, so I can afford to live and do the fun stuff that defines me. Means to an end...that's all.
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Con_Alma
Posts: 12,198
Sep 14, 2010 10:24am
I am "dedicated" and "motivated" but that doesn't mean the job defines who I am.
Fab1b
Posts: 12,949
Sep 14, 2010 10:24am
I don't want to have to work, I guess who really does? I work to support myself and to be able to do things I enjoy. I want jobs that pay good with little actual work, again who doesn't? Right now I have a pretty good gig that pays me well and I don't have to break my back. I work for a financially strong company so it will serve me well to remain with them as long as possible even thru to retirement. That is my plan.
j_crazy
Posts: 8,372
Sep 14, 2010 10:54am
if i told you my job title, you could infer a lot of things about me, most of which would be true.
i don't work to live, but in some ways my job is my personality.
i don't work to live, but in some ways my job is my personality.
ernest_t_bass
Posts: 24,984
Sep 14, 2010 10:59am
I'm with j_crazy. My job is my personality. Teacher/coach.
gorocks99
Posts: 10,760
Sep 14, 2010 11:00am
People let you near their kids? SMH, this society is going down the crapper.
ernest_t_bass
Posts: 24,984
Sep 14, 2010 11:01am
gorocks99;483615 wrote:People let you near their kids? SMH, this society is going down the crapper.
lulz
se-alum
Posts: 13,948
Sep 14, 2010 11:16am
FatHobbit;483579 wrote:Or is it just something you do to put food on the table and support your hobbies? I used to be fairly dedicated to my work but lately it's just something I have to do so I can do the things I really want to do when I go home. I thought if I just waited it out I would get motivated again, but that doesn't seem to be working. Part of me thinks I should look for a new job to try to get motivated again but I'm really comfortable here and with all the stories about the economy I just haven't wanted to.
So what about you?
This is pretty much me to a T! The first couple years on the job, I was always here early, volunteered to help out others with their work, and stayed late to get things done 'cause I always hated coming in to a huge pile of work in the mornings. Now, I roll in right on time, let people deal with their work on their own, and I'm out at 4pm on the dot. I think alot of it has to do with the fact that I was naive when I started. I always thought if I helped others out, they would do the same. Certainly, not the way it works in the corporate world. It wears on ya after awhile, and you begin caring less and less as time goes by. I work for a paycheck, and that's it. When I walk out of here everyday, I don't even think about work until I come back, while everyone else takes home their work problems and stresses out about them.
Tiger2003
Posts: 15,421
Sep 14, 2010 11:26am
j_crazy;483610 wrote:if i told you my job title, you could infer a lot of things about me, most of which would be true.
i don't work to live, but in some ways my job is my personality.
Chip n Dale Dancer?
killer_ewok
Posts: 11,379
Sep 14, 2010 11:28am
Tiger2003;483626 wrote:Chip n Dale Dancer?
LMAO. Tell the Rescue Rangers we said "hi."
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BR1986FB
Posts: 24,104
Sep 14, 2010 11:33am
My career is straight commission sales (executive recruiter) so I get out of it what I put into it. If I don't show up for work I don't give myself a chance to make money that day.
Do I completely LOVE what I do? No, but it pays pretty well. I'm sure there are other things I'd enjoy doing more but after awhile you become used to living a certain lifestyle.
Do I completely LOVE what I do? No, but it pays pretty well. I'm sure there are other things I'd enjoy doing more but after awhile you become used to living a certain lifestyle.
kritzell
Posts: 257
Sep 14, 2010 11:37am
gorocks99;483582 wrote:I work to live, not live to work.
What he said!!
gorocks99
Posts: 10,760
Sep 14, 2010 11:37am
killer_ewok;483628 wrote:LMAO. Tell the Rescue Rangers we said "hi."
GoChiefs
Posts: 16,754
Sep 14, 2010 11:53am
Con_Alma;483592 wrote:I am "dedicated" and "motivated" but that doesn't mean the job defines who I am.
That pretty much sums me up as well. I don't enjoy my job at all, but at the end of the day, they are giving me a paycheck to make them money. So, I'll do that to the best of my abilities.
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Con_Alma
Posts: 12,198
Sep 14, 2010 11:57am
I do enjoy my work....very much so but work doesn't make the person that I am.
Heretic
Posts: 18,820
Sep 14, 2010 12:02pm
killer_ewok;483628 wrote:LMAO. Tell the Rescue Rangers we said "hi."
AWESOME!!!
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JTizzle
Posts: 366
Sep 14, 2010 12:55pm
I thought for a few years that my job did define me a little bit. Then realized after taking too many pay cuts and putting up with the b.s. the job really wasn't for me. Someone wanted me out, so now I'm gone it was a hard decision but some of the actions my employer took made it an easy decision. I am going back to school for Auto Engineering because I believe that is what defines me! (I hope)
sleeper
Posts: 27,879
Sep 14, 2010 1:38pm
I make enough money by doing nothing than I do actually doing anything, so no, my job does not define me.
wes_mantooth
Posts: 17,977
Sep 14, 2010 3:02pm
No...my job sucks donkey balls(Heretic....just to inform you...my job does not require me to actually suck on a donkey's balls)
Fab1b
Posts: 12,949
Sep 14, 2010 3:37pm
^well if it's not required why do you do it then?
Iliketurtles
Posts: 8,191
Sep 14, 2010 3:52pm
My job doesn't define me its just a means for money to support myself. Although since I've gotten this job I've realized I fit a lot of sterotypical stuff that people say about my job type though.