There was a time.
life as work
By doctorgiggles99 on 07-03-2008
I have been pondering several things over these last several weeks. My life and my position have changed again drastically. I am now on the threshhold of where i wanted to be many years ago. It has taken me about 12 years to get to this point. Interestingly enough my point of view has changed dramatically.
I remember when i was 18, that i wanted to change the world. I knew that i had certain gifts, and talents, and that i could use these attributes to help others. I knew that i could obtain the knowledge and knowhow, and really have an impact on people's lives.
somewhere along the journey from there to where i am now, that ideal was lost. It was buried under the "work" and "struggle" of obtaining the goal. If Machiavelli was truly correct, then he surely intended to have a shorter means to his end.
After college there was a time when jaded-ness started to set in. By the time i finished residency it was full-fledged. Medicine was work. I helped people to make money, so that i could eat, drink and buy things. Somewhere along the path my dream became labor.
My high school basketball coach once said "Find something you love to do, and you'll never work a day in your life." That is so true in a simplistic sense. But is an 18 year old capable of finding what he loves in life and making that decision for the rest of it? I don't think i was.
Then the question becomes: What would make you happy?
My intention is to find that 18-year old and examine what was in his mind and heart and see if i can get back to the beginning...
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Posted by mkb32 on Jul 3, 2008
What will be his beginning? |
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Posted by LisaFairhurst on Jul 7, 2008
I'm using my gifts. I am a teacher. I love what I do, but it is work. It is hard work to keep on top of the students, to create ways of getting understanding and algorithms across. It's hard work when I've had a student wait until the last minute and then try to pass the class (happens every time). Or trying to decide when to make an exception and when to toe the line and be hard-nosed (I really hate this one). Bottom line, I love what I do, but it's still work. I work for money, but if I didn't have to work, I'd still want to teach. That's what I was made to do. I did not take a direct route to becoming a teacher, but I'm glad I got here. |
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Posted by ThirtySixSwash on Jul 15, 2008
I'm going to be 18 soon. I am now how you were then. I hope that doesn't happen to me, but it probably will. It probably does to everyone at some point. I guess it depends on how important your ideals are to you, or at least were. And if you're willing to get them back or not |
But that 18 year old already began his journey. What does the current 30 year old have in his mind and heart?