Is Your Job Stealing Your Life Away?

March 26th, 2007 · No Comments

8 October 2006, 5:16 pm

ARRRGGGHHH! What a WEEK! - Do you sometimes feel that the universe is conspiring against you?

It was the last week of the school holidays and I was looking forward to spending some time with my kids. I work full time (and couldnâ€™t get any time off) but I thought well, we could do some stuff after work as it didnâ€™t really matter if they had late nights as they could sleep in the next day.

We are in the midst of a major (and I am talking on the international scale) shake-up at work and the place is like a mad house! Instead of being able to spend extra time with the girls I ended up working longer days! 10 hours plus in fact! So much for good intentionsâ€¦

…And my work colleagues wonder why I want to leave my â€˜valuable jobâ€™ to work from home. They all think Iâ€™m mad!

It got me thinking about the whole â€œgo to school-get an education-so you can get a good jobâ€ belief system that we all buy into. This fantasy perpetrated by society that having a job is the panacea for all your problems.

Like the masses I used to believe it too but there has been a fundamental shift in my thinking. Donâ€™t get me wrong, I need money as much as the next guy and I am not a lazy person by nature.

During the ten year period where I was unable to work because of a work related injury, my self esteem took an enormous nose dive. Why? Because I believed that the only way I could earn money was to have a job and because I didnâ€™t have one I therefore must be somehow less than those that work. I wish I knew then what I know now.

Well I have been back in the work force for five plus years now and I have come to realise that this thinking really limits your ability to live your life abundantly. Iâ€™m not just talking about financial abundance but also personal growth, self worth, happiness, a sense of purpose, and such like.

The job concept is so ingrained into our unconscious that the very idea of leaving our job to work from home is so foreign to the average person that it is unthinkable. We would rather stay within the safety of the job tread-wheel of â€œcommute - put in our 8-10 hour day - commute - blob out - sleepâ€. Few rarely consider getting off the round-about ride to drive a real sports car, ride a real horse, or fly a real plane. Of course I am speaking metaphorically.

It can be scary to switch mind-set and it will mean massive amounts of learning and it does require extra work initially and you will need courage but it the long run it will be worth it because you will have become the owner of your own destiny; the creator of your own life-style; the maker of your own decisions.

If you are uncomfortable with the status quo and you are at the point of screaming â€œStop the worldâ€¦ I want to get off!â€ Do seriously consider how you can work from home.

If however you donâ€™t like the thought of having all that responsibly and the potential it will bring, go to work tomorrow and the next day and the next day and the next day and be content.