Tag: Work
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The Hourly Wage Needs to End (Well, Sort of…)
During this extended period of enforced inactivity, I’ve had a considerable amount of time to think about various topics in a way that I hadn’t really approached in the same way I did back when I had specific things to worry about every day. When you don’t have a rigid schedule forcing your mind into […]
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War of the Works: Remote vs. Office
We’ve been hearing recently about the end of COVID-19 restrictions and the desire of many companies to have their employees return to the office after more than two years of remote work. From a traditional operations standpoint, perhaps this makes sense, but if you’re an employee who’s been enjoying the many benefits of being able […]
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A Wasteful Recruiting Process
As someone who has generally struggled in the job search arena, it never ceases to amaze me how inane the process of looking for a new position truly is. My personal philosophy has always been that I hate looking for work because it generally involved a lot of work that I’m not getting paid to […]
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Remembering How Good You Had It
I think most of us tend to have a relatively negative view of our work life. It’s easy to get involved in your daily routine and become lost in the mundane banality of the mindless work that is likely a part of whatever it is that you do. If you work in an office all […]
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Government Kills Entrepreneurship
I hate to come back so soon with yet another post complaining about the inequities of life, but I’m at a place right now where I’m incredibly frustrated due to the way the world works. It seems like at every turn there is just something in the way of allowing a person to take a […]
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How Do You Move Forward When You Have a Wandering Soul?
I haven’t written a real article in quite a little while. My life lately has been one of inner turmoil, despite the fact that I’ve been fairly stable financially since I lost my job a couple of months ago. Since then I’ve been trying to figure out how to move forward with my life, hoping […]
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Learning to Make MONEY with Something You ENJOY
Making money is one of the more sad things that we have to deal with in our lives on this little pale blue dot we call Earth. The laws of nature dictate that we have to put in time and effort into very boring things like finding resources to survive. As most of us have […]
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Successful Ignorance
“The world will always need ditch diggers.” This saying, or whatever version you might be familiar with, has been around for as long as we have had modern industry. As people have moved from primarily farm based activity to jobs in production, we have been constantly striving to move beyond the need for menial labor […]