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A Rant Against Work And Chairs

May 21, 2009 by Mary

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After sitting all day I am overJOYed to be free from my work chair. I normally only work 5 hours in my dungeon office but I needed to make up some time for the day I missed this week. I hate being paid hourly, selling my soul and my health for a couple bucks. I know I am worth WAY more than they pay me and definitely worth more than how I am treated. Seriously, I can’t take on any more work for the people that do NOTHING all day. I know I am the nice hard-working girl, but please. You guys have saddled me with so much work and such limited time frames to do it that I am unofficially chained to my chair and desk.

I used to love having a job. I liked getting dressed and going somewhere and feeling like I had a purpose. Those days have long since passed and now this position feels like a trap for my body and mind. I have already been planning my liberation from this but that day can’t come soon enough. Actually, though I plan I am still unsure the day of freedom will ever come. If I can’t support myself somehow through writing I will be forced to take another similarly dreadful chained-to-a-desk job. But one can hope.dream.aspire for better things like the ability to go for a walk when I choose, or the ability to move.move.move it all day. And not having to drive 25 minutes to get to the job (I’m sitting almost an hour a day without even counting the actual work part!). Perhaps someone will hire me to do manual labor over the summer. After sitting all day long that sounds lovely.

Filed Under: Thoughts Tagged With: body, chair, work


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Comments

  1. MackAttack says

    May 21, 2009 at 9:47 pm

    I feel you on this, I used to take a couple of breaks a day to get fresh air and stand. Now I’m being watched so closely I can’t leave! Almost makes you want to start smoking so you can’t be forced to stay in! (just kidding, really)

    MackAttack’s last blog post..dreary

  2. Merry Mary says

    May 21, 2009 at 10:00 pm

    @MackAttack
    I hate that feeling. At least I am not the only one? LOL. But I don’t think smoke breaks would really make my body healthier. Although it might help with the weight thing…(just kidding!)

  3. Hanlie says

    May 22, 2009 at 12:26 am

    They call it a Clark Kent job… You hate it, but it pays the bills. It’s such a cliche, but the truth is that we need to identify our passion and find a way to make a living off that. Then work will never feel like work again. Easier said than done of course. I only found my passion in my mid-thirties and am only now, on the eve of 40, starting to inquire about courses…

    Btw, smoking causes weight gain in the long term, so don’t even go there!

    Hanlie’s last blog post..What would I wear?

  4. Miz says

    May 22, 2009 at 4:16 am

    ooooh so you SHOULD stop by my virtual hood today—answer my ??? with me and lets get to working on getting there.

    Miz’s last blog post..It’s time for a change (giveaway post).

  5. Merry Mary says

    May 22, 2009 at 7:08 am

    @Hanlie
    Clark Kent job. I like that description. I’m working on the passion/living/money making now. Or trying.

    @Miz
    I shall make a visit!

  6. Cammy@TippyToeDiet says

    May 23, 2009 at 5:04 am

    Many of us have been where you are. It’s not fun, to say the least.

    I’m currently reading “Escape from Cubicle Nation” by Pamela Slim, and she zinged me in the introduction with this: “[Hating] your job intensely is not a business plan.” So often I’ve loitered in the “I wanna”, when I need to focus on “I gotta”. There are things I need to do to get where I want to be, and I’m working on them.

    Now, we just need to get you a plan!

    Have you considered working at one of the bookstores (Davis-KIdd comes to mind) as an intermediate step? At least you’d be around people who liked to read. Just a thought…

    Cammy@TippyToeDiet’s last blog post..These Are Days

  7. Merry Mary says

    May 23, 2009 at 6:14 am

    @Cammy
    All very true. I love Pam Slim, I follow her on twitter and just started reading her blog. Her book is on my list to find and read. I have thought about working at a bookstore before, I applied right when I graduated last year but none hired me. Not sure why? I can try again! And then I need to start reading EFCN.

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