DISQUS

How To Split An Atom: Why Do You Work?

  • codytalks · 11 months ago
    Holy Balls thats a great post....
  • Acai girl · 11 months ago
    Yeah thats true... but some of us like money so we can travel and see the world.. and things like that.. not just to buy a flat screen tv or the top of the line BMW... its all just about what makes you happy in life..
  • sbspalding · 11 months ago
    My point is determining how much money you -need- to do the things that you
    want. If you need millions to fly around the world, then you better get to
    work but even so there comes a point where the grind required to get this
    money eats the time you'd spend doing the things that you love. The balance
    is absolutely critical.
  • Joseph · 11 months ago
    while we are still young, we can figure out how much money we need. but how much we need after we retire? Our earning skills are going to go down; and needs are going to increase. so how much money is really needed?

    of course, that should not take us off the balance. we should enjoy 'here and now'.
  • sbspalding · 11 months ago
    I agree. It's nearly impossible to know what the future brings. I guess the only thing I could say about that is to make certain that you hope for the best and prepare for the worst. It's very rarely "how much" money you make but how well it is managed that determines what happens in the long term.
  • James · 11 months ago
    For me, I am very passionate about traveling. Unfortunately it is very expensive to travel and work most times coincides with my want to travel. I think I work hard to afford to travel and so that I can have the opportunity to do so when I retire.
  • Lucie Brault · 11 months ago
    Ok Ok,understood,I'll quit my job tomorrow
  • sbspalding · 11 months ago
    Ha! I might not go -that- far. Maybe read this first?
    http://howtosplitanatom.com/after-hours/infinit...
  • Lucie Brault · 11 months ago
    Ok then tell me what are the other gigs you are talking about in your infinite runeway article?
  • sbspalding · 11 months ago
    It depends on what you do. Assuming that you have some experience in your
    field, a full time job in that area would probably 1. pay more 2. have
    better benefits 3. have more reasonable hours than freelancing (running your
    own business. My point is that if you are putting in the extra blood, sweat
    and tears to get a business off the ground it should be towards some goal
    more robust than simple survival because if survival is the only thing
    you're looking for, that same drive and motivation could probably be turned
    towards a corporate job for "easier" results.

    Sorry if I was at all unclear.
  • limo hire london · 11 months ago
    It's true that a job higher up the corporate ladder entails greater stress and therefore reduces happiness but with the money you can buy for example a nicer car and bigger house (some things that may increase happiness) so I guess it's more down to what's important to you personally. There are many people that are perfectly happy being humble family oriented people whilst others are driven by power and finance.

    I think every job has some degree of stress, after all that's why it's called a job and why you get paid to do it but finding the right job with the right workplace and colleagues can really make a difference to your happiness.
  • Lucie Brault · 11 months ago
    Or I could simply marry rich,then I'd have an INFINITE runway...

    I am just kidding,I think,Thank you for your answers,it's always a pleasure to read you

    Lucie
  • sbspalding · 11 months ago
    And it was great hearing from you. Thanks for the comments.
  • Ernie Small · 11 months ago
    indeed, great post.
    i have found that often times when i have less money i have less choices to make on what i "should" spend money on and life seems a bit simpler. it does seem that a balance needs to be struck, though, between how much work i'm doing and how much i actually NEED more money.
  • Tom -The Home Business Archive · 11 months ago
    I find it very hard to believe that most people would work because they love it.They must work to get the bills paid and get food on the table.Then there are those who can turn a job into a hobby and get paid really well for doing so.
  • wilhb81 · 11 months ago
    Yeah, the reason why I'm working is to buy foods, pay the bills, donate to charities and blah, blah, blah...

    If I'm the millionaire, then I'm not bother to work at all!
  • Vega Vitamins · 11 months ago
    This is very true... It's something that many people only tend to realise (sadly) when they reach a point in their life where they look back and see that in their pursuit of money they have actually missed out on so much "living".
  • Acai Berry · 8 months ago
    i'd do my job for free. i love my job
  • lucy robert · 5 months ago
    I appreciate your thoughts .You are saying right ,If every one do that work which he like then he can perform better than that work in which he has no interest .