Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Immediate Job Environment
Has improved ALOT since last year (see previous blog entry) with emphasis on immediate environment. I am amazed at how relatively easy my working life was in Tokyo from 1991-2007. I never imagined that I would work as hard as I am working now. It gives one pause to stop and consider...how does one improve the quality of their life when they are working so hard and expected to do so much. I still haven't thrown in the towel on having a long-lasting committed and sexual relationship (though I wouldn't balk at polygamy as long as my partner and I are committed to each other and valuing each other's lives.) I still haven't thrown in the towel on maintaining long-lasting friendships. I still haven't given up on finding a job that I am passionate about and can forge ahead with, working in small groups of committed individuals. But I feel sometimes - especially when I wake up in the wee hours of a new day - that time is not on my side. I'm single without familial support; without a sense of family, really. Landmark strongly suggested that it is possible to create possibilities. D.K. suggested in an instant message that a person "needs a job to pay the bills until they find something more inspiring." I would offer to replace find something with create something. This blog is a part of that. Right now, I am overwhelmed with the demands of my job but this year I am working with reasonable people. And another Landmark breakthrough was realizing that I was caught in a vicious cycle in between two circles; the circle of what happened and the circle of my interpretation of what happened. Child victim (yes, that happened) become perpetual victim in all relationships and continually falling into that trap throughout my life. Well, I got it now. I'll end on that note. I am standing on the threshold of space.
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"how does one improve the quality of their life when they are working so hard and expected to do so much"
ReplyDeleteWell that's true for so many of us...
The best wisdom I can offer is to carve time out of every work day for personal moments. Walk outside and breathe in the beauty of nature for 5 minutes... imagine yourself doing the things that this job is enabling... Remember the trite but true adage "we work to live, not live to work". Be clear on the overlap between what you are committed to in your life and what your employers are committed to. Keep sight of the big picture: the people you are enabling with the work that you do. Americans are workaholics, a tendency exacerbated by the current economic conditions. But don't take work worries home with you. I actually prefer a longer commute to/from work -- it's quiet time for me to anticpate and plan the personal activities that feed me emotionally. And in the "easier said than done" department, cultivate a relationship with time such that it is ALWAYS on your side!
--A Long-Lasting Friend who's ready to catch a thrown towel :-)
Thank you, Friend. You've touched me with your heart-warming comment. I assume you have my email address. Let me hear from you and let's continue to make it long-lasting. I'll throw a towel tomorrow when I do laundry but I'm not sure in which direction I should throw it (and I'd rather not get *too* metaphysical.) Love!
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