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Originally Posted by Finally Frugal
This one's on my site:
"Normal" is getting dressed in clothes that you buy for work, driving through traffic in a car that you are still paying for, in order to get to the job that you need so you can pay for the clothes, the car, and the house that you leave empty all day in order to afford to live in it"
Ellen Goodman
It reminds me that the more I spend, the longer and harder I have to work. Decrease spending, decrease working (eventually). . . .
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LOVE IT! This is especially true today when so much of the work available to the average Joe is empty, unmeaningful, bureaucratic drudgery and paper shuffling. I found this kind of ccupations to be much more life-draining and depressing than working the fields (I used to do this as a kid in my parents' workplace as they were agronomists).
If only people still worked their land, or some craft or some meaningful occupation that would allow them to see the fruits of their labor in front of their eyes, working long and hard may not even be all that bad.
But having been in "office-type" jobs I know what a horrific drudgery they are and how any normal person would just dream to never have to do it again, if only they could.
Looking forward to going back to the profession I love this fall...
