Copywriter
07-18-2006, 10:03 PM
Just a quick late-evening post before I turn in...
I've become a workaholic over the past year, largely due to getting married. That sounds bad. It's not because marriage is a bad thing -- it's not. But getting married gave me a larger sense of responsibility than I ever had - or needed - before.
So I spend a good portion of my evenings and weekends researching so I can do my day job really well. I want to keep improving because I want to be one of the best at what I do.
Anyway, I was flipping through "Details" magazine today. It's not the sort of magazine I usually read, but I read something that struck me. For whatever reason.
Most of us who visit this forum are probably workaholics to some extent. Whether you're a real estate professional trying to make your career work or you work in marketing/virtual assistance trying to keep up with the latest information, we're probably all going well beyond our regular work week. Maybe I'm wrong. But anyway...
It's from an interview with John Updike. I'll just quote it here:
The question was: The middle class is disappearing. Where did it go?
A: ...You get outside the major cities, and you see them in their habitat - mowing their lawns, having their Saturday-night cookouts, and whatever else the middle class does. But it's a stressful world, and increasingly expensive. We were comfortable enough [in the 1950s] not to be preoccupied by work and money, the way my father's generation had been. And the middle class could afford the luxuries of fine living... I think it is no longer - you can no longer just do your job, by the way. Your job is either your - what's the word? - obsession, or you're not good enough.
I've become a workaholic over the past year, largely due to getting married. That sounds bad. It's not because marriage is a bad thing -- it's not. But getting married gave me a larger sense of responsibility than I ever had - or needed - before.
So I spend a good portion of my evenings and weekends researching so I can do my day job really well. I want to keep improving because I want to be one of the best at what I do.
Anyway, I was flipping through "Details" magazine today. It's not the sort of magazine I usually read, but I read something that struck me. For whatever reason.
Most of us who visit this forum are probably workaholics to some extent. Whether you're a real estate professional trying to make your career work or you work in marketing/virtual assistance trying to keep up with the latest information, we're probably all going well beyond our regular work week. Maybe I'm wrong. But anyway...
It's from an interview with John Updike. I'll just quote it here:
The question was: The middle class is disappearing. Where did it go?
A: ...You get outside the major cities, and you see them in their habitat - mowing their lawns, having their Saturday-night cookouts, and whatever else the middle class does. But it's a stressful world, and increasingly expensive. We were comfortable enough [in the 1950s] not to be preoccupied by work and money, the way my father's generation had been. And the middle class could afford the luxuries of fine living... I think it is no longer - you can no longer just do your job, by the way. Your job is either your - what's the word? - obsession, or you're not good enough.