I've got this feeling, eveything is going to hell
Enough introspection for a moment, I'd like to ramble on about some life experiences in the hopes that I never allow my self to repeat the same mistakes.
Everyone struggles with addictions in some form or another, all with varying degrees of benefits/damage.
I struggle with being addicted to work. Work has been my drug for far too long. At work I could always run away from all my shortcomings in life. Any time I was depressed, lonely, anxious, even bored, I could always turn to my work slaving for some soulless corporation as a means of running away.
Some people smoke crack, I run a movie theatre.
The greatest problem with this is you are swapping one problem for another. Granted for a change this addiction leaves you with a bit of clink in your pockets but little else. You ostracize yourself from your friends and family, you take away the hopes and dreams of becoming any more then your profession. You neglect the people in your life that really matter.
Then you have the inevitable burnout. Over the past month I have worked longer and harder then I can ever recall. Never before has it taken it's toll on me in such a way. When you are sleeping in your car between shifts of work, nodding off randomly throughout the day. then you know you have a problem.
If you must be addicted to your "craft" make it a craft that is actually worth a damn, make it a craft that benefits yourself as well as others. I envy the hell out of the artists and craftsmen of this world that pour their heart and soul into the work. If only I could pour that much energy into something that matters.
It's good to have pride in what you do, but moderation is key in all aspects of life. Never risk the loss of what really matters in your life for something as empty and soulless as your job.
Take the time your would spend slaving away at work, and spend it on the people that matter in your life, spend it on yourself for a change.
No rest for the wicked nor the weary eh?
- Gordon (and a little bit of Jasirus)
Everyone struggles with addictions in some form or another, all with varying degrees of benefits/damage.
I struggle with being addicted to work. Work has been my drug for far too long. At work I could always run away from all my shortcomings in life. Any time I was depressed, lonely, anxious, even bored, I could always turn to my work slaving for some soulless corporation as a means of running away.
Some people smoke crack, I run a movie theatre.
The greatest problem with this is you are swapping one problem for another. Granted for a change this addiction leaves you with a bit of clink in your pockets but little else. You ostracize yourself from your friends and family, you take away the hopes and dreams of becoming any more then your profession. You neglect the people in your life that really matter.
Then you have the inevitable burnout. Over the past month I have worked longer and harder then I can ever recall. Never before has it taken it's toll on me in such a way. When you are sleeping in your car between shifts of work, nodding off randomly throughout the day. then you know you have a problem.
If you must be addicted to your "craft" make it a craft that is actually worth a damn, make it a craft that benefits yourself as well as others. I envy the hell out of the artists and craftsmen of this world that pour their heart and soul into the work. If only I could pour that much energy into something that matters.
It's good to have pride in what you do, but moderation is key in all aspects of life. Never risk the loss of what really matters in your life for something as empty and soulless as your job.
Take the time your would spend slaving away at work, and spend it on the people that matter in your life, spend it on yourself for a change.
No rest for the wicked nor the weary eh?
- Gordon (and a little bit of Jasirus)