> from the OA: "Unhappiness: It seems that the typical 9to5er is living for the weekends. Radio stations say things like “it’s hump day, you’re almost there.”
Been there, done that, have t-shirt. I now live a life where I don't necessarily look forward more to the weekends. Also, I generally don't look forward to going to sleep because it means I stop being happy (or stop being conscious of being happy, anyway), though I don't mind waking up because I don't always dread forcing myself to slog into some 9-to-5 job working for The Man. Now I work for myself, essentially, even if that means I may rent myself out sometimes to others to earn money. Since I'm more in charge of my own time and body location, and what I work on, I'm much more happy.
Also the problem of living for the weekend, and toiling away miserably for the sake of the steady paycheck is that, for me at least, when the paycheck comes you're more tempted to spend it on things that give you quick short-term boosts to happiness -- in order to drown out your default unhappy state of mind. If instead your default state of mind is happiness and freedom, then when you get checks you're more likely to do something wise and/or non-emotional or non-transient with it. Typically converting it into something that buys more long-term happiness or security, rather than short-term transient happiness or excitement.
Been there, done that, have t-shirt. I now live a life where I don't necessarily look forward more to the weekends. Also, I generally don't look forward to going to sleep because it means I stop being happy (or stop being conscious of being happy, anyway), though I don't mind waking up because I don't always dread forcing myself to slog into some 9-to-5 job working for The Man. Now I work for myself, essentially, even if that means I may rent myself out sometimes to others to earn money. Since I'm more in charge of my own time and body location, and what I work on, I'm much more happy.
Also the problem of living for the weekend, and toiling away miserably for the sake of the steady paycheck is that, for me at least, when the paycheck comes you're more tempted to spend it on things that give you quick short-term boosts to happiness -- in order to drown out your default unhappy state of mind. If instead your default state of mind is happiness and freedom, then when you get checks you're more likely to do something wise and/or non-emotional or non-transient with it. Typically converting it into something that buys more long-term happiness or security, rather than short-term transient happiness or excitement.