work because I like to, not because I have to

okay, i’m making plans for the rest of the summer!!! this way i can keep up with what i want to do, because i’m still going to do what i have to (e.g. job, chores) anyway. so, without further ado, the PLANS for the rest of this summer:

1. write a text analyzer (first, let it be a command-line tool written in C or C++ or maybe Python =) )
2. keep maintaining NovaMova, my website about languages.
3. establish tale trading – start with a notebook and collect several tales for a start
4. recall my Japanese
5. enter law school and learn some law

that should be it. not much, but according to Tolkien, little by little, one travels far. let me be off, then.

Everydays a battle for me because my boss rides my butt about everything and is probably the most moody person I’ve ever met. I feel as though I’m always walking on egg shells. I hope to go back to cosmetology school and actually finish! Then I’ll be doing what I want most of my career.

...because it allows me to be social—which kind of circles around a lot of my other goals. ♥ I am seeing positive signs rather than negative ones. I love that! =D

I’m working on this goal by preparing myself for grad school in a field I love, psychology. It’s going to be a very long road, but I like road trips ;-) I can handle the work and even the bullshit politics, because I love psychology.

If you want to be happy for an evening, buy a bottle of wine; for a week, slaughter a pig; if you want to be happy throughout your life, enjoy your work.”
- Chinese saying

Looking back over the years I have strived too hard to gain physical property – nice homes, nice cars etc. At the ripe old age of 53 I admire those who are younger and are considering the merits of working a job that they love.

The danger in any job, whether you like it or not, is that it detracts from the time that you’d otherwise have with your family. I am sort of a poster-child for what not to do. Too much school, too much travel: too much time away.

My son is 17 and will be off to college in a year and there are times that a I don’t feel that I know him. The homes and cars don’t really matter when you consider how brief and fleeting the moments are with your family. And when they are gone, they are gone forever.

So. Is it good to enjoy your job? Of course. Just remember that the job is the vehicle not the destination.

i have done this withiut even realising i like my job =]

Everyday there is always something that must get done that has to do with working, and every time I have to do it, I never want to.

Since money is a necessity, working is a must, but I want to find a job that I love doing so I can look forward to going to work every day rather than looking forward to when it’s over.

This should be easier now that Im in college.
I mean, I actually get to take classes that I’m interested in.
That will pertain to what I want to do with my life.
With the exception of Research Methods… I’ve liked my psych classes.
I’m not used to learning information in school that I can apply to the real world and every day situations.

(Tangent… when I was visiting Oberlin, one of the parents on my tour got in a tizzy because the guide kept using the phrase “real world” to refer to life beyond college. He said, “What isn’t real about college? How is this not real? It’s as real as anything else, so I wish people would stop saying that.” I totally got what he was saying. It’s something I think about from time to time.)

There’s nothing more interesting to me than human behavior and it’s causes and motivations.
I used to be scared about deciding what I want to do with the rest of my life so early on.
Like, by announcing it now it would inevitably not happen, I would jinx myself.
But I can’t imagine losing interest in psychology.
I can’t imagine losing my interest in listening and helping people.
And the more I read, the more lectures I go to, the more situations I can apply my knowledge to…
The more reassured I am.
I like this work.

Now I just have to find a college job other than Campus Dining Services…