Comments on: Never Fit For Real Work https://www.quotationspage.com/weblog/2007-01-24-never-fit-for-real-work/ A weblog from the web's original quotations site. Fri, 20 Jul 2007 20:00:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Anonymous https://www.quotationspage.com/weblog/2007-01-24-never-fit-for-real-work/#comment-73 Anonymous Tue, 20 Feb 2007 14:42:21 +0000 http://www.quotationspage.com/weblog/2007-01-24-never-fit-for-real-work/#comment-73 <p>I think the point that Baker was trying to make, is that writing didn't require any real work because he enjoyed writing so much. If we enjoy what we are doing, we aren't likely to call it work, but rather... fun!</p> I think the point that Baker was trying to make, is that writing didn’t require any real work because he enjoyed writing so much. If we enjoy what we are doing, we aren’t likely to call it work, but rather… fun!

]]> By: Anonymous https://www.quotationspage.com/weblog/2007-01-24-never-fit-for-real-work/#comment-72 Anonymous Fri, 16 Feb 2007 03:18:14 +0000 http://www.quotationspage.com/weblog/2007-01-24-never-fit-for-real-work/#comment-72 <p>Ditto. We must be gifted with the artistic spirit. We therefore lose the motivation to work where a monotonous routine is required. </p> <p>As much as I have dedicated 20 years of my life to my career, I do not feel I have reaped the fruits of my labour.</p> <p>Teaching or Writing is what I would prefer to do. As I do not value money over people, I am not able to run a company.</p> Ditto. We must be gifted with the artistic spirit. We therefore lose the motivation to work where a monotonous routine is required.

As much as I have dedicated 20 years of my life to my career, I do not feel I have reaped the fruits of my labour.

Teaching or Writing is what I would prefer to do. As I do not value money over people, I am not able to run a company.

]]> By: ecurbj https://www.quotationspage.com/weblog/2007-01-24-never-fit-for-real-work/#comment-71 ecurbj Tue, 06 Feb 2007 23:22:55 +0000 http://www.quotationspage.com/weblog/2007-01-24-never-fit-for-real-work/#comment-71 <p>I don't think that yours is a strange sentiment. I have worked a variety of jobs ranging from factories to higher education and still know what it is to feel a void in my daily work routine. Sometimes I can get so caught up into what I am doing, that time is not an issue. Whereas other times, my work objectives lack the meaning that sustain my motivations to contribute.</p> <p>I admire your move to go out and work for yourself. It speaks to courage to define your own fulfillment. </p> <p>If "Real Work" means that all our actions are directed by ventures that do not reflect the direction that our spirit is taking us, then you and I both might want to do what Baker did... become writers. (smile)</p> I don’t think that yours is a strange sentiment. I have worked a variety of jobs ranging from factories to higher education and still know what it is to feel a void in my daily work routine. Sometimes I can get so caught up into what I am doing, that time is not an issue. Whereas other times, my work objectives lack the meaning that sustain my motivations to contribute.

I admire your move to go out and work for yourself. It speaks to courage to define your own fulfillment.

If “Real Work” means that all our actions are directed by ventures that do not reflect the direction that our spirit is taking us, then you and I both might want to do what Baker did… become writers. (smile)

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