"work to live" vs "live to work"

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Apr 27th 2012, 3:10 pm

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Re: "work to live" vs "live to work"

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It would greatly depend on what I was actually doing. As a teacher, or a session/stand in player, I'd not have much stress. As a songwriter I'd have deadlines and the fact that I'm really not very good at writing songs bearing down on me

You have gone and replaced work with more work. I was thinking more along the lines of reading books and eating cake!

Apr 27th 2012, 3:12 pm

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You have gone and replaced work with more work. I was thinking more along the lines of reading books and eating cake!

If it was able to be done on my terms, it wouldn't be work. The only time something vocational like music becomes 'work' is when someone else sticks their neb in and makes it about them.

Apr 27th 2012, 3:13 pm

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But if you didn't have to work you wouldn't spend that time doing the same thing every day, you would be free to pursue whatever you wanted to.

I am sure there are some people who are genuinely happy to go to work every day and love what they do, I just haven't ever met a single one!

Really? I've met hundreds....to not meet any your encounters must be limited to those only on minimum wage. You've never met an actor, lawyer, CEO/CTO, doctor, inventor, entrepreneur??, the list goes on...

Some of these people, after 10 years or so (often less), can resign for the rest of the lives, and still have more money than the rest of us, but often they carry on...that's the difference between a job and a career - I'm even sure that their lives have ups and downs like everyone else, but generally they are happy with what they do. Money aside, there's music and art which some people do for free. I've been to many bars in London/Bristol with live music where the musicians are not getting paid any money.

I think the key is in your first paragraph: "...you would be free to pursue whatever you wanted to".......what if you're already doing what you wanted to?

Apr 27th 2012, 3:17 pm

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Yes but if you were a professional musician you wouldn't have the pressure and stress of the day job as well would you..

say that to Kurt Cobain and Richey Edwards, to name a couple....perhaps a different kind of stress.

Apr 27th 2012, 3:24 pm

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say that to Kurt Cobain and Richey Edwards, to name a couple....perhaps a different kind of stress.

You missed my point...and I can't stand out in the parking lot any longer to explain

Apr 27th 2012, 3:28 pm

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You missed my point...and I can't stand out in the parking lot any longer to explain

Just the image of that, SM, is giving me a chuckle!

Apr 27th 2012, 3:30 pm

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Is today "International Idiots Day"?

Yes Eb ... it most certainly seems that way.

Apr 27th 2012, 3:35 pm

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Yes Eb ... it most certainly seems that way.

What! SOS didn't agree with you?

Apr 27th 2012, 3:36 pm

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What! SOS didn't agree with you?

Stop proving his point, dear.

Apr 27th 2012, 3:38 pm

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Stop proving his point, dear.

She can't help herself ... as soon as she puts finger to keyboard ...

Apr 27th 2012, 3:38 pm

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Yes Eb ... it most certainly seems that way.

It's Plonkers' Friday.

Apr 27th 2012, 3:38 pm

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Stop proving his point, dear.

Apr 27th 2012, 3:39 pm

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She can't help herself ... as soon as she puts finger to keyboard ...

You know.... I see a lot of that around here, do you think its the site?

Apr 27th 2012, 3:44 pm

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Re: "work to live" vs "live to work"

It's too windy now..

Apr 27th 2012, 3:46 pm

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It's Plonkers' Friday.

Morons' Monday ... Twatty Tuesday ... Wankers' Wednesday ... Thickos' Thursday ... Fukcwits' Friday ... Sadsacks' Saturday ... Simpletons' Sunday.

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