Posted by kid_A on July 16, 2001, at 14:07:50
In reply to Did my job define me?, posted by Greg on July 16, 2001, at 12:45:57
Greg,
Loss of anything can be tough, depending on how you feel about it, depending on how much of your time it took up, and it sounds like work took up a good amount of your time.It is true that we are not our jobs; we can however let our jobs define us... When we aren't doing anything at all and we have no imediate goals this makes us depressed because we can't see ourselves as societaly meaningful individuals. The job or the hobby or whatever occupies our time provides us with some form of goal that we can actualize and thus give ourselves some form of false meaning...
Before organised society all of our time was spent hunting or gathering food... We didn't need a job or hobbies or the like because all of our time was spent surviving...
Leaving metaphysics out of it, remember that you are -not- your job, nor even your favourite pasttimes... We're all just a bundle of emotions and drives and perhaps the lack therof... Just try to keep your head above water and listen to your own emotions, not what society dictates that your emotions, drives or ambitions should be.
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