I recently started a job in a factory where all I do is sit and pack boxes. It isn't the most exciting job and doesn't really need more than one brain cell to do it. It is perhaps the most boring and mundane job that I have ever done in my life.
I feel like there is no sign in the distance telling me it will be okay to stop doing said job and knowing this makes me feel a little down about life. At the moment I feel like I'm painting a dull picture of the supposed “real” working world, where everyday the work load is repetitive and tiring without being very stimulating or rewarding.
I am tired all the time and tried even more so of people telling me that this is how the world works. As if I'm supposed to believe that there is nothing more too it and all I need do is work until I either retire or die of boredom with a couple of holidays in between.
Life shouldn't be this way. This way should not be how people assume life is. What is the point in living if all you intend to do is work, going from job to job to survive at best? Surely at some point in our lives, we all sit and contemplate what exactly we are here for and why we exist?
For some the answer is simple, and that is there is no reason, we are just here. To an extent I agree but when looking at this question in a slightly different way it makes me think and wonder if we are asking ourselves the right questions.
We should not simply be questioning the what and why but asking why we want to be here and why we want to exist. Speaking to friends and family alike, it seems people tend to lose sight or forget what these answers are as life goes on.
Right now I am in a slow part of my life. I am at a point where I could very easily lose touch of what is important to me and why it is important but I know that as long as I remember my own answers to the question I will be okay. I want to be here to understand the world, to one day make peace with it and feel connected to it. I want to exist to follow my dreams and to make said dreams a reality. I want to be inspired by life not frustrated by it.
I feel like there is no sign in the distance telling me it will be okay to stop doing said job and knowing this makes me feel a little down about life. At the moment I feel like I'm painting a dull picture of the supposed “real” working world, where everyday the work load is repetitive and tiring without being very stimulating or rewarding.
I am tired all the time and tried even more so of people telling me that this is how the world works. As if I'm supposed to believe that there is nothing more too it and all I need do is work until I either retire or die of boredom with a couple of holidays in between.
Life shouldn't be this way. This way should not be how people assume life is. What is the point in living if all you intend to do is work, going from job to job to survive at best? Surely at some point in our lives, we all sit and contemplate what exactly we are here for and why we exist?
For some the answer is simple, and that is there is no reason, we are just here. To an extent I agree but when looking at this question in a slightly different way it makes me think and wonder if we are asking ourselves the right questions.
We should not simply be questioning the what and why but asking why we want to be here and why we want to exist. Speaking to friends and family alike, it seems people tend to lose sight or forget what these answers are as life goes on.
Hey Dan,
ReplyDeleteI feel your pain. In fact, almost 2 years ago I wrote a post very similar to this one, while I was actually AT my job if I remember correctly. So know, you're not alone in this frustraction, but if you keep your eye on the prize, it WILL get better!
http://vkartist.blogspot.com/2009/12/what-numb-looks-like.html
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