Ending the Addiction to Work

There are many people who should end their addiction to work because jobs are hard to find.  This statement may sound crazy, but it is definitely true.   We were all raised, groomed, and taught that a job was the key to our collective success.  From the time that you obtained that first job, the underlying theme of our existance depended on whether we got a job and then a better one.  When you encounter new people, the question arises, “what do you do?”   That question, of course, is a test of your worthiness to be in the company of those who are doing it right.  Before the economy got so bad, no responsible adult wanted to admit that they were jobless.   Admitting to being jobless, was equal to being a loser.   Now that they economy is in such dire straits, being jobless is not the stigma that it once was.  After all, many upstanding citizens are out of work which makes it okay for the rest of us to be in that boat.   However, the irony of the situation is that no matter how many resumes are sent out, or how many applicants line up for one  job opening, we continue to put our hopes in finding a job.  Even those with bad credit, felony records, over age 50 and without job skills refuse to give up their search.  While persistence is an admirable quality, it is counter-productive, in my opinion, to look for work for two  years with no good results.    This is where the addiction comes in.  It has been pounded into our minds.  You have to have a job.  Keep looking high and low until you find one.  In good times it did not take so long to find a job if you had skills and performed a decent search.   Now the employers have the upper hand.  They can weed out any category of applicants that they choose to.  This leaves many people excluded from realizing the so-called ideal life that they desire.

I think that we have to end this addiction to work and look within to see what can be done to create our own income.  Even the government must see that having millions of people looking for jobs that do not exist is just plain dumb.  While politicians sit in their fancy meetings discussing the state of the economy, the unemployed are watch as their lives fall apart.  How long can you surive with no income?   Seriously think of a difference solution to income if a job is not in your immediate future.  The world as we knew it has changed.  In order to survive, each one of us must change and adapt to those changes.   By thinking of ways to earn money without a job, you will be on your way to ending the addiction to work.

 

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