The Importance of Being Idle

Lazy Sunday Afternoon, I've Got No Time To Worry

I spent an hour or so in Azeroth (rather succesfully until the person I had to turn my quest in to was killed in an unexpected Alliance raid), then we went off and spent the afternoon round Shaz's parents house. It was a nice afternoon, we all just sat about, chatted, ate and played with Lisa's dog Holly. So it was a nice chilled afternoon. Then me and Shaz went looking for the woods she did her mid-summer ceremony in last night, and that took us a surprisingly long time, and more than a few wrong turns; it was really just an excuse for a nice drive in the country! We found a super pretty village called Ailsworth, and decided it'd be nice to live there. Especially in one of the REALLY big hidden houses on the way out of the village...
And so here we are, the last evening of freedom. I was thinking about my job, how I feel about it, and how I feel it diminishes me when I came across this rather interesting quote:

Is repetitive action virtuous action? If behaviour and conduct are merely repetitive processes then all human relationships actually cease. If I behave mechanically every day, - repeating a certain code of conduct which I have learnt, which I find profitable, or which is pleasant, repeating that over and over again, - my relationship with you ceases, completely - I have become a machine. - J. Krishnamurti

I think that pretty much sums up my experience with the company; not only do I dislike the corporation I work for (in so many ways!) but I think it is actually destroying little bits of me, removing my essential humanity. It's clear to me now that it's time to move on. I'd thought I'd try and stick it out, make it through my ridiculously extended probationary period and then start looking, once the job was secure, but I don't think this job with this company can EVER be secure, and even it was secure it certainly isn't desirable; so it's time to move swiftly on...

posted by BadMonkey @ 7:17 PM