As for enjoying the work. I enjoy the challenge of it and get a good buzz when I feel I’ve done something well.
I don’t however feel like the things I do contribute positively to my community.
Where I live, I have conflicting feelings about the community stuff. It seems there are very few others who wish to help their community, which in turn makes me less motivated to do so. I’ve been in the position where some help, or even basic empathy, from those around me would have been greatly appreciated, but it was just not there.
Purpose wise, I get most of this from providing good experiences for my family, but some months just making sure the house is warm and there’s food on the table is all I can manage. (I don’t want that to sound like I’m asking for pity/charity there. It’s just the reality of the current economic trend.)
If the need for work vanished, I like to think I’d pick up other hobbies but I only have my teenage self to compare against in terms of existing without a job - and that guy wasn’t exactly making the best decisions for his mental wellbeing and hobbies.
As for enjoying the work. I enjoy the challenge of it and get a good buzz when I feel I’ve done something well.
I don’t however feel like the things I do contribute positively to my community.
Where I live, I have conflicting feelings about the community stuff. It seems there are very few others who wish to help their community, which in turn makes me less motivated to do so. I’ve been in the position where some help, or even basic empathy, from those around me would have been greatly appreciated, but it was just not there.
Purpose wise, I get most of this from providing good experiences for my family, but some months just making sure the house is warm and there’s food on the table is all I can manage. (I don’t want that to sound like I’m asking for pity/charity there. It’s just the reality of the current economic trend.)
If the need for work vanished, I like to think I’d pick up other hobbies but I only have my teenage self to compare against in terms of existing without a job - and that guy wasn’t exactly making the best decisions for his mental wellbeing and hobbies.