I
have found it interesting over the years that I have been in the “workforce”
and especially now that I am among the “retired.” Although in all honesty I must confess that I’m
not exactly sure what retirement is, because it now seems that I am busier than
I was when I had a full-time secular job.
Whatever may be the case, when I think
back to some of the individuals that I had the “pleasure” of working with I
think some of them must have had the wrong definition in mind about their
circumstances.
I had individuals who would “work” (that
is, exert strength or faculties to do or perform something) so hard trying
their best to get out of the job assignment they were suppose to be doing! If they had exerted only HALF the efforts they
were doing, they could have gotten the job finished much sooner than the way
things would work out!
Then there were those who performed only
the minimal amount of “work” just to get by without really having to do the job
as it had been explained to them. Just
as one example: Many years ago, I ran a 7-11 convenience store. This was at a time when the store was
actually opened from 7 am to 11 pm. I
would open the store at seven and work until 5 pm when I had a part-time person
come in to relieve me and close the store at 11 pm.
Before I would leave in the evening, I
would give this person a list of things I wanted to be done during their shift,
i.e., restock the shelves from the storeroom, make sure they were straight,
clean the floor, etc.
Very often when I came in to open the
store the next morning, I would see that not all the things had been done. Upon inquiring later, I was told by my helper
that “they didn’t have time to get that done because they were so busy!”
I’m not sure if they thought I was stupid
or what! I could see from the register
checkout report the business I was doing during my 10 hours of work and I knew
what I still had time to do during that time.
I could also see from the report the business they had done in their 6 hours
of work and what they were unable to get done.
It didn’t make any sense!
There was more available time than they wanted
to admit. But, for some reason, they
were not able to get these extra work assignments completed! You have to wonder!
But work has always been a “funny”
thing. If you really enjoy what you are
doing it’s not really work. You’ll also
find that you have no problems getting everything done that needs to be
done. And you can get it done in the
time that you have available.
So, to really have meaningful and
enjoyable work, find something that you really enjoy doing FOR FREE and
find out how you can get paid to do it!
Then your work no longer becomes work but merely another enjoyable
activity for you to engage in each day.
The problem is that we usually wind up
having a job that we don’t really like, working for a person that doesn’t
really appreciate what we do, and having to do it with people that we would
rather not be around! Then again, we’re
only human!
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