Hail up Idren n Istren
I think there needs to be a balance in life between work and fulljoyment. Or, even better, if work can be what the I fulljoy. One of my jobs is, most days, a displeasure to I, and I just look forward to leaving and going home. That's why I asked to work there only 3 days a week and I looked for a job I like better for the other 2 days, which I found and I love (nannying) and doesn't feel like work at all but it more play, laughter, and silly times. I care for a 2 month old, a 3 year old, and a 5 year old, very active very smart very imaginative little boys. I go through their crying over "he broke my legos" and the baby crying from colic, all of it is great and fulfilling and brings me so much joy. Yet it would be a disaster for people who don't love childcare or who dont know how to handle children. The difference between work and play is whether or not you personally enjoy it.
The thing is that the first job is not enjoyable yet the owners of the company are really kind and caring, and I know I can rely on them for employment regardless of world situations (for example they never made me wear a mask). So I keep the job and I do my best for them, because there is mutual respect. If that were not the situation, I would not stay. I never stay in a workplace where I am abused or taken advantage of or treated as an object rather than a human. It is up to all of us to have standards of respect that we force others to treat us with, or else disengage from those relationships whether they be employers or otherwise.
While working these jobs, I still hope to set up a different situation for Iself, where I can be living more off the land, homeschool my children, and where I can be doing other things for Iself to support life's costs - like creating a village of mini cob houses to rent out as cabins for natural-minded air bnb visitors or for vipassana meditators, or spiritual retreats, etc. Yes all of that would be a lot of effort but because it is what I like, it would not feel like work.
The difference between joyful effort and toilsome work is in the heart. If we all do what we love and not what we feel forced to do, we can support our lives while still feeling free and happy and not confined in an employment slavery situation. It takes creativity and knowledge of self to come up with ideas that will bring us joy while still paying our living expenses.
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