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I don't wanna work
TravisMago
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I just wanna bang on the drum all day
So, those who know me, might know I used to play poker for a living. Well, that stopped going well, and it seemed to be impossible to continue to do it for a living.
I learned a lot from my challenges with poker, but I have decided to quit doing it for a living, and now I still have bills and need a source of income.
But jobs are scarce, and frankly I don't feel like trying to get one. But I have about 15,000 in bills built up!
I wonder what will happen if I continue to ignore them.
So, those who know me, might know I used to play poker for a living. Well, that stopped going well, and it seemed to be impossible to continue to do it for a living.
I learned a lot from my challenges with poker, but I have decided to quit doing it for a living, and now I still have bills and need a source of income.
But jobs are scarce, and frankly I don't feel like trying to get one. But I have about 15,000 in bills built up!
I wonder what will happen if I continue to ignore them.
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Two:I would consider what the Buddha says to householders about their responsibilities in the Anguttara Nikaya.
It also entails being responsible with money and facing those responsibilities wisely.
Unless you have the ability - both cultural and spiritual - to become a wandering ascetic - I'd consider Right Livelihood.....
Work is good for you. It gives life a lot more meaning when you know you are contributing something even minimally useful to society. Jobs are tough to find, but it shouldn't be an excuse not to look for one. You just have to make yourself more hirable than the next guy.
Laziness is a terrible thing.
Basically, I don't do things unless I want to. So generally it comes down to figuring out what I actually want.
But in matters such as occupation... I just can't figure out what I want. I would rather sit and be mindful than work, most of the time.
But I guess this is just something I will have to get over.
Like other men do?
How the hell can I work
When the skies are so blue?
Chorus:
Hallelujah! I'm a bum,
Hallelujah bum again,
Hallelujah! give us a handout
To revive us again.
2. Oh, I love my boss
And my boss loves me,
And that is the reason
I'm so hungry.
3. Well, springtime has come
And I'm just out of jail,
Without any money,
Without any bail.
4. Oh why don't you save all
The money you earn?
Well if I didn't eat,
I'd have money to burn. 5. Oh, I like my boss,
He's a good friend of mine,
And that's why I'm standing
Out in the breadline.
6. I can't buy a job
'cause I ain't got the dough
So I ride in a boxcar
'cause I'm a hobo.
7. I went to a house and
I knocked on the door,
The lady said, "Scram, bum,
You've been here before!"
8. I went to a house, and
I asked for some bread;
A lady came out, says,
"The baker is dead."
9. I went to a bar and
I asked for a drink,
They gave me a glass
And they showed me the sink. 10. Oh why don't you work
Like other folks do?
How can I get a job
When you're holding down two? 11. Whenever I get all
The money I earn,
The boss will be broke
And to work he must turn.
12. When springtime does come,
Oh won't we have fun,
We'll throw up our jobs
And we'll go on the bum.
My doctor (who's an incredibly brilliant, well-read, and awesomely nerdy guy) was telling me how all 3 of those conditions - 4 if you count the inevitable depression that comes with it - tend to overlap, and the diagnosis is kind of an arbitrary decision by the doctor. He prescribed me Concerta, which is slow-release methylphenidate (same stuff as Ritalin), and it's helped me concentrate and actually stay on task. But then I suppose it does that for most people anyway.
ANYWAY! I think it's worth asking your doc about Ritalin or Concerta (the later is extremely expensive) and seeing if you can concentrate with that. I know all-too-well the deep-seated hatred of going to work; wasting half your day (in theory, half your waking life) on mundane repetitive tasks that don't challenge your intellect. But a focused mind (AND BRAIN) can help you figure out what to do with your life to make a livelihood AND feel intellectually satisfied.