Comments on: living for others http://www.notonmonday.com/2009/07/02/living-for-others/ photography & photo retouching - sydney, australia Thu, 25 Feb 2010 00:55:58 +0000 hourly 1 By: notonmonday - wil.. http://www.notonmonday.com/2009/07/02/living-for-others/comment-page-1/#comment-17 notonmonday - wil.. Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:41:39 +0000 http://www.notonmonday.com/?p=149#comment-17 It's one of those things where we see that the cheese has moved, but we sit there asking where it went. Hoping it'll come back/believing we can make it come back instead of leaving the comfort of something we know and actually finding new cheese. It’s one of those things where we see that the cheese has moved, but we sit there asking where it went. Hoping it’ll come back/believing we can make it come back instead of leaving the comfort of something we know and actually finding new cheese.

]]> By: Ben http://www.notonmonday.com/2009/07/02/living-for-others/comment-page-1/#comment-16 Ben Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:26:25 +0000 http://www.notonmonday.com/?p=149#comment-16 I'm feeling the same pain mate. It's because of the economic downturn that they get even cockier than usual. They think your their puppet if you have no where else to go. I know I have to get out of my current situation, and I know that I can do it yet again pretty easy. It's just a matter of being able to do it before I really do something I regret (and I'm way too close to the edge), and being worried about walking straight into the same trap yet again. Previous scars have left me too picky, and I called my own fate where I am a good 8 months ago. I hate it when I'm right. I’m feeling the same pain mate. It’s because of the economic downturn that they get even cockier than usual. They think your their puppet if you have no where else to go.

I know I have to get out of my current situation, and I know that I can do it yet again pretty easy. It’s just a matter of being able to do it before I really do something I regret (and I’m way too close to the edge), and being worried about walking straight into the same trap yet again. Previous scars have left me too picky, and I called my own fate where I am a good 8 months ago. I hate it when I’m right.

]]> By: notonmonday - wil.. http://www.notonmonday.com/2009/07/02/living-for-others/comment-page-1/#comment-15 notonmonday - wil.. Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:46:09 +0000 http://www.notonmonday.com/?p=149#comment-15 I think I'm in that place where they like to dangle the carrot. Every time I'm about to jump they let me nibble though, and like a mouse I stay to see if I'll get more of a bite soon. What a time to be going through this. Mortgage, global financial crisis, IT losing money...my material desires. I feel like going out onto the back veranda and yelling, "FUCK YOU WORLD!" right now. I think I would feel a little better, then embarrassed, and then concerned that I had woken the neighborhood with such an expression. I think I’m in that place where they like to dangle the carrot. Every time I’m about to jump they let me nibble though, and like a mouse I stay to see if I’ll get more of a bite soon.

What a time to be going through this. Mortgage, global financial crisis, IT losing money…my material desires. I feel like going out onto the back veranda and yelling, “FUCK YOU WORLD!” right now. I think I would feel a little better, then embarrassed, and then concerned that I had woken the neighborhood with such an expression.

]]> By: Ben http://www.notonmonday.com/2009/07/02/living-for-others/comment-page-1/#comment-14 Ben Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:26:15 +0000 http://www.notonmonday.com/?p=149#comment-14 Oh man! This was the conversation in my head about 4 years ago! We're in some parallel time warp! The fact that I KNOW that what I do all day helps no one is exactly what makes it feel like the corporate prison from hell. I can spend entire weekends at work, and what does that achieve right now? People get to buy tools. Whoopdie... All that time for that? As for the moving goal posts, I used to chase mine in a very same position as yours for many a year. I eventually met all my goals in natural progress. As long as your moving, you'll get there. If you're stuck in the corner in a place that likes to dangle the carrot, then it's time to move on because someone else out there will be willing to throw you that bone. In 5 years of sitting in my large corporation, I went backwards. In one year of leaving, I made it to where I wanted to go, and by two and a half years after that I was top of the food chain on double the money. The fence gets too comfortable sometimes. Oh man! This was the conversation in my head about 4 years ago! We’re in some parallel time warp!

The fact that I KNOW that what I do all day helps no one is exactly what makes it feel like the corporate prison from hell. I can spend entire weekends at work, and what does that achieve right now? People get to buy tools. Whoopdie… All that time for that?

As for the moving goal posts, I used to chase mine in a very same position as yours for many a year. I eventually met all my goals in natural progress. As long as your moving, you’ll get there. If you’re stuck in the corner in a place that likes to dangle the carrot, then it’s time to move on because someone else out there will be willing to throw you that bone.

In 5 years of sitting in my large corporation, I went backwards. In one year of leaving, I made it to where I wanted to go, and by two and a half years after that I was top of the food chain on double the money. The fence gets too comfortable sometimes.

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