☀️ The Good Life - 03/04/2024 (288) - Hating my lifetime of work

Day 288 - This blog post feels like a tough one. It hasn’t escaped my attention that I’m writing a lot lately sharing my increasing upset and disgust over how much of my life has seemingly been wasted on work. My current employer is great! That’s not the problem. It’s the paradigm of labor I’m referring to that is the issue; the social contract of trading life for money, security and livelihood. I don’t know another or a better way, and I can offer no alternative to the life I did choose to live.
This all began when I decided and announced my plan to retire. From that very day forward this feeling of a wasted life has been growing, becoming compounded by the fact that I am still working, and now see so clearly the years of life potential which I did willingly and thoughtlessly exchange for a steady paycheck. Like I said, I know of no better way to live, especially as a family man, and I’d do it all again exactly the same if the clock were rewound back to 1984 and age twenty. Still, I hate how I’ve mostly frittered my life away with work I never enjoyed and often hated. It’s like waiting a hour after a meal to enjoy the pool, only to find out the pool is closing soon when that hour is up.
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OBJECTIVES 🎯
1. Be Always Ready to Die
2. Make Good Use of Time and Resources
3. Develop Good and Sound Life Principles
4. Cultivate Good Emotional Reactions
5. Perform Good Actions
6. Recognize True Limits and Opportunity
7. One Thing Slowly
8. Balance
PRINCIPLES 📜
1. Principle of War
2. Principle of Reason
3. Homunculus
4. Anchorhold
5. Home of Good and Evil
6. Principle of Purpose
7. Atomic Principle
8. Principle of Nature
9. The Pirate Ride
10. Principle of Maturity
11. Social Principle
12. Principle of Family
13. Public Speaking
14. Temperance
15. Life Will Not Go Well
16. The Horror Show
17. That Which Must Be Borne
18. The Feast of Offal
19. Distraction
20. Agency and The Great Indifference
21. The Best Seat in the House
22. The Restless Man
23. The Path of Wildness
24. The Great Life Adventure
25. The Risk of Avoiding Risk
26. Sin and Damnation
27. Complete Oblivion
28. The Season of Philosophy
29. Scriptwriting
30. Bullseye Aim
31. The Uphill Climb
32. Arena and Utility
33. Nothing IS enough
34. The Principle of Fun
35. Being Ready
Kurt Bell is a passionate explorer, dedicated family man, and author of books such as "Going Alone" and "No More Looking Out For Number One." Born in America in 1964, he integrates Stoic philosophy into his physical and philosophical journeys. Today's venture on The Path of Wildness embodies this harmonious blend of exploration and mindful living. While Kurt savors these moments and looks forward to future adventures, he remains ever prepared for life's end, ready to depart without a single backwards glance. 🌄📚🚶‍♂️
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[@analogueandy8x10]

Before this final year of my career began back in September, I said to myself, I'll continue to give all I can to my students, but to not let all the other BS in and out of the classroom bother me. When the bell goes at the end of the day, it all gets turned off. Monthly staff meetings are a challenge. Most of the talk is how to implement new ways of doing things... I can hear admin talking but I don't hear them 😁

[@softypapa]

I know exactly what you are describing Andy. There’s a strange sense of disconnect from all of the talk of the future. Just yesterday, I was sitting at my cube at work, looking at the faces of my coworkers, staring at their computer screens, and realizing that I no longer have that intense stare at work.