Twenty years from now, you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbour. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.
— Mark Twain —
I have been thinking about things I should and shouldn't do, and the things I really wanted to do, that was when I discovered that there is a clear difference between things I want to do and things I need to do. And if I were to be honest with my self, I really don't want to work, but then I must unless so many things will go wrong.
In the process of thinking I ask myself some questions...
WHY DO I WORK
I don't know if I am the only one that views life this way, but then, if for anything; the only reason I work is because I really strive to get to the point were I no longer have to work. At that point, I would have already have things working for me, and it would no longer matter wether or not I work, so I will just stop working. (But somehow something in me tells me I wouldn't stop working when I get to that point in life. I guess I can only wait to see then 😄)
WHAT WOULD I DO INSTEAD OF WORKING
Now this is were things get really interesting, because If I get to the point were I don't have to work, or I'm been handed a million dollar cheque every month not to work, I will still end up working, but then it will be the kind of work I take pleasure in. So I guess the only reason I don't really want to work is because I'm not really taking pleasure in the work I'm doing right now.
I will prefer sleeping late and waking up late at my own comfort to sleeping early and waking up early just to go to work or school. I will prefer sitting at home writing blogs with my PC all day than having to dress up corporately to work at the office. If you come to think about it, I'm the kind of person that just loves me time.
If my opinion is needed, I don't really think people generally work because they want to. I think people work because there is a goal to meet, and if that goal could be achieved without lifting a finger, I think alot of persons would take the chance.
WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF I DON'T WORK
The answer here is obvious, even if it doesn't apply to everyone, if I don't get my ass at work or to school, I will simply be dashing away all my goals and ambitions with my own hands, besides that, nobody will want to give a full grown ass man a hand knowing he has everything required to provide for him self. And when I think about Mark Twain's quote; I wouldn't want to regret not taking the inconvenience of working when I'm young. Apart from wanting to live long, I also want to die a fulfilled old man. (Although there are things we can't control, not working isn't one of them.)
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