by Carlin — Age 27 — Los Angeles, CA
When I was a child, I thought “˜work’ was somewhere adults went, similar to what “˜school’ was for children. That meant, it was a place you went for a certain amount of time each day, until you were allowed to leave. A “˜boss’ was similar to a “˜teacher’, in that you had to listen to them and complete the tasks they gave you. Basically, you had to wait it out until you were allowed to go home and have a snack.
The concepts of independent work, deadlines, goals, projects and finished products were foreign to my young mind. “˜Work’ was a place you went because you had to, not because you wanted to. There were more fun things to do than going to “˜work.’
As I grew up I learned that is not what “˜work’ is like. Work can be different things to different people and it is different depending on what your job actually is. I’ve had various jobs in my life, ranging in levels of responsibility, stress, pay and emotional satisfaction.
My current full time job, I can sadly say, is most like what I had imagined “˜work’ to be as a child. I sit in a room, at a desk. I wait for my boss to have something for me to do, which he rarely does. I sit and I wait until I can go home.
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