I had this exact discussion on the phone with a friend yesterday who was down in the dumps. he said that of all of his friends (all professionals - accountants, lawyers, etc), I was the only one that seemed happy with what I was doing (equity analysis).

Although we eventually concluded that I am a simpleton that is easy to please we did raise a couple of interesting points.
1) For some people, no matter what they do they will feel that they have a higher calling in life. The thinkers want to produce something, the producers want to be creatives, the creatives want to think, etc.
2) If you ate the same meal for the rest of your life, you would probably eventually get bored of it.
3) Some chase the money, some are after job satisfaction. The two are not mutually exclusive but for some reason you rarely get the two together.

If you are bored, you should probably change. We only have one life to live and it's too short to not enjoy half of it.

Chi

None of the above really. I actually like what I do, and rarely find it a chore or a bore. That said, it doesn't rule my life either - more a case of a certain loyalty to my customers because I enjoy it, for which I am relatively well compensated iro money and time. Well enough to pay for and have time to enjoy my Duke..... :)

S'pose I'm pretty lucky work wise.
I'm doing what I want to do, when I want to do it. If the weathers nice I can bunk off early at 6:30pm and ride me bike.
If I'm feeling lazy I can go in late at 7:45 am.
Apart from that, I get to work in a 5M x 5M office at the back of a church with two windows about 2ft tall and starting at 7ft off the floor.
In the same office are four women ranging in age from 18 to 43. From their conversations (which I am sometimes permitted to listen into) I think they all come to work on the same bike (like the goodies) cos they all agreed they're on the same cycle:puzzled:
I even get to goad them sometimes, but only when I'm halfway out of the door.
:sing:

sometimes im happy enough and other times i hate it, i like doing what im doing and it pays well enough for someone in cornwall with no qualifications and it just about keeps the duke on the road. my main problem is bad man management from our rsm, hes more of a demotivator than a motivator !!

unfortunately as a sales rep you cant afford to let the negatives affect you but i do

when things are going and im motivated and the sales keep rolling im happy but when things dont go my watch out, we should work as a small team but that just dont happen and it gets to me sometimes
overall im happy 85% of the time and a bit more today as ive just picked up a new customer 2day that should be worth £120 a month to me, yippee !!!

i'm not even going there with an answer to this ...... Dave, over a beer sometime mate .... :)

You have to have a job first mate :)

Ok own up who voted for -

I'm extremely rich - I inherited/made my money - work is for the masses

:lol::lol::lol:

I see nobody here admits to being on benefits - we don't have anyone that well off fortunately:smug:

[Edited on 28-7-2005 by everton]

Reason #1 for working is to fund the bike, mortgage, car, holidays all come 2ND !!

/ian

I voted....

Working - like eating really - got to be done to sustain life - sometimes enjoyable, sometimes a chore

Closest to the way I feel about work. I love my job, the company and the people I work with. Flexible bunch, family oriented and let me manage myself. Sometimes though, getting up at 5 to fly up to Leeds for an hours meeting is a chore, but most of the time, I'm having a ball....


Don't get me started on benefits, a "friend" of the wife's has just been declared bankrupt, has never had a job, and ran up £30K on credit cards. Lives in a really nice 2 bed house, where normal rents are in 4 figures, and has more spare cash than me :flame:

I go to work to earn an honest living, pay my taxes to keep the country running and because I'd be bored stiff and unchallenged if I didn't.

But for the last year or so I've just been totally frustrated and naffed off with my current job that I've had to stop myself from simply throwing my toys in the air and clearing off never to return to that dump again.

What's stopped me? I need the money, I have a 4-stroke habit to feed, I have no qualifications to get a different job that pays enough. I'm stuck in a rut and need to find a way out... any suggestions would be most greatfully recieved!

Sad git really aren't I!