I started another job. That is number 4 since we've been in Kentucky.
In the 7 Habits of Highly Successful People there is a chapter regarding working to learn, not for money. I take this quite seriously, and here are the jobs I've learned from:
I've babysat a boatload
Scooped ice cream, sold cigarettes and lottery tickets
Slopped up school food
Worked at a movie theater (for about 4 hours)
Counseled camp kids
Did the retail thing and hated it
Served fish and salads with the Amish
Taught knitting, sold yarn
Labeled endless loads of cashmere
Made widgets for cholesterol testers
Scheduled appointments for Doctors with God-complexes
Served migrant kids
And now.. well, give me a call and ask me what I'm doing, if you really wanna know!
"I'm working so I won't have to try so hard..."
-the Strokes
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
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I'm torn between the shock of you reading a self-help book and the thoughts you have my mind circulating regarding working to learn instead of for money... I'm pretty sure I'm in a mode of mainly working for money right now. Is that bad?
Hell no! That's what we're all doing right now.
The book was in the bathroom at my sister-in-law's house. There was nothing else to read :)
Thanks for the reassurance. I'm glad I'm not in this crackety boat all by myself.
No further explanation needed -- bathroom reading is precious no matter what it is.
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