#220 How's work working?

     We often hear how people dislike their jobs, and can hardly wait to go home for the day, weekends, holidays, and count their days until retirement. This attitude is 'celebrated' in many songs:

"Everybody's workin' for the weekend
Everybody wants a new romance
Everybody's goin' off the deep end ..."

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"Workin' 9 to 5
What a way to make a livin'
Barely gettin' by
It's all takin'
And no givin' ..."

     The implication, for many, is that who they are at work is phoney, and they can only "be themselves" and "really let loose" when away from their boss and work environment. This is a sad situation for everyone - worker, co-workers, boss, as well as those who end up using the services or products of such workplaces. Such fear-based relationships to external authority figures leads to cynicism, 'presenteeism', moral decay, burnout, depression / anxiety, job loss, and even suicide.
     Mature adults know what changes need to be made in their workplace to make it humane and productive, and they go about making it happen. They never give up trying to find ways of improving, whatever system they're a part of, from the inside. 
     Passive-aggressive adversarial relationships with places of employment are sadly common, and self-defeating. Adults can and must do better - for their own and everyone else's quality of life. To flourish, adults must live authentic, undivided lives. 

See also: http://mindfulnessforeveryone.blogspot.ca/search?q=anomie
and
http://mindfulnessforeveryone.blogspot.ca/2012/03/83-undivided-life.html

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