Comments on: Twentysomething: Why I don't want work/life balance http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/04/02/twentysomething-why-i-dont-want-worklife-balance/ Advice at the intersection of work and life Sun, 21 Mar 2010 10:20:08 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Hill http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/04/02/twentysomething-why-i-dont-want-worklife-balance/comment-page-2/#comment-221019 Hill Wed, 17 Feb 2010 06:47:29 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/04/02/twentysomething-why-i-dont-want-worklife-balance/#comment-221019 I am 29 years old and I have to be honest, I believe in putting in my 40 hours, nothing more or less. My job is just that, a job. I have decades of working left and do not want to burn out. I need my free time to be my time just for the sake of mental health, off the clock to do with as I wish. I am 29 years old and I have to be honest, I believe in putting in my 40 hours, nothing more or less. My job is just that, a job. I have decades of working left and do not want to burn out. I need my free time to be my time just for the sake of mental health, off the clock to do with as I wish.

]]> By: Annonymous http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/04/02/twentysomething-why-i-dont-want-worklife-balance/comment-page-2/#comment-217669 Annonymous Sat, 09 Jan 2010 11:48:22 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/04/02/twentysomething-why-i-dont-want-worklife-balance/#comment-217669 Blended life, huh? Maybe getting put in a blender on high might be a more realistic picture! Who are you kidding? In this day and age you can't really work for what you believe in - it's usually a multi-dollar corporation and you are their puppet! I wouldn't waste my life on that! That's not very meaningul. Even universities, which are supposed to be the place to inspire new ideas, are limited in what they can research because they have to match up with industry interests which are usually politically spurred. I know of one professor who got fired because his views didn't match those of the university and they thought he was using his title to carry out his own interests. The poor man was trying to help Africans and said some (true) things about Western exploitation. How can you really do something in this world? Good luck on finding this path you seek... Blended life, huh? Maybe getting put in a blender on high might be a more realistic picture! Who are you kidding? In this day and age you can't really work for what you believe in – it's usually a multi-dollar corporation and you are their puppet! I wouldn't waste my life on that! That's not very meaningul. Even universities, which are supposed to be the place to inspire new ideas, are limited in what they can research because they have to match up with industry interests which are usually politically spurred. I know of one professor who got fired because his views didn't match those of the university and they thought he was using his title to carry out his own interests. The poor man was trying to help Africans and said some (true) things about Western exploitation. How can you really do something in this world? Good luck on finding this path you seek…

]]> By: いい職場って何？ » 経済学101 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/04/02/twentysomething-why-i-dont-want-worklife-balance/comment-page-2/#comment-216461 いい職場って何？ » 経済学101 Wed, 16 Dec 2009 19:04:00 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/04/02/twentysomething-why-i-dont-want-worklife-balance/#comment-216461 [...] everyone wants. The idea that we are going to run our lives around our work is ridiculous. It doesn’t work. We want to make each aspect of our life work well with the other [...] [...] everyone wants. The idea that we are going to run our lives around our work is ridiculous. It doesn’t work. We want to make each aspect of our life work well with the other [...]

]]> By: About Procrastination http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/04/02/twentysomething-why-i-dont-want-worklife-balance/comment-page-2/#comment-214992 About Procrastination Sun, 29 Nov 2009 12:14:03 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/04/02/twentysomething-why-i-dont-want-worklife-balance/#comment-214992 Wow, this is a 2 and a half year thread and still active... Nice :) I guess many people have the work/life balance issue... I personally haven't ahceived the balance yet... So work still comes first... Wow, this is a 2 and a half year thread and still active… Nice :)

I guess many people have the work/life balance issue… I personally haven't ahceived the balance yet… So work still comes first…

]]> By: Brady Bagwan http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/04/02/twentysomething-why-i-dont-want-worklife-balance/comment-page-2/#comment-214744 Brady Bagwan Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:54:57 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/04/02/twentysomething-why-i-dont-want-worklife-balance/#comment-214744 Blended life, work/life, it goes by many names. The goal is what you hit on. Do what you need to do when it needs to be done. The old adage of nobody lies on their death bed wishing they worked more is probably very true. So, delegate! For those that don’t have a staff, who do you delegate to? One way to overcome this is to use a <a href="http://www.delegatesource.com/personal-assistant-concierge.php" rel="nofollow">personal assistant service</a>. I just started a company called <a href="http://www.delegatesource.com/" rel="nofollow">Delegate Source</a> based in Denver. While there are quite a few <a href="http://www.delegatesource.com/personal-assistant-concierge.php" rel="nofollow">concierge services</a> out there, there are very few who approach lifestyle and <a href="http://www.delegatesource.com/what-do-we-do.php" rel="nofollow">household management</a> broadly. It really is simple math. If a professional's hourly cost is more than the cost of outsourcing <a href="http://www.delegatesource.com/personal-assistant-concierge.php" rel="nofollow">personal services</a>, why not achieve a better <a href="http://www.delegatesource.com" rel="nofollow">work/life balance</a> by delegating <a href="http://www.delegatesource.com/errands.php" rel="nofollow">errands</a> and <a href="http://www.delegatesource.com/errands.php" rel="nofollow">tasks</a>? Blended life, work/life, it goes by many names. The goal is what you hit on. Do what you need to do when it needs to be done. The old adage of nobody lies on their death bed wishing they worked more is probably very true. So, delegate! For those that don’t have a staff, who do you delegate to? One way to overcome this is to use a personal assistant service. I just started a company called Delegate Source based in Denver. While there are quite a few concierge services out there, there are very few who approach lifestyle and household management broadly. It really is simple math. If a professional's hourly cost is more than the cost of outsourcing personal services, why not achieve a better work/life balance by delegating errands and tasks?

]]> By: kfe http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/04/02/twentysomething-why-i-dont-want-worklife-balance/comment-page-2/#comment-206697 kfe Sun, 04 Oct 2009 21:08:20 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/04/02/twentysomething-why-i-dont-want-worklife-balance/#comment-206697 its disgusting to see you people so dehumanized by these systems that you actually believe you were put on this planet to toil in the mud. step back and see that we have the power, medical understanding, scientific knowledge to produce a kind of human paradise. the problem is that we are led by the least among us. least noble. least visionary. least intelligent. no one fights back against these dehumanizing values that are handed down as control icons. CULTURE IS NOT YOUR FRIEND. culture is for the convenience of various institutions, churches, corporations, etc. every day you are systematically disempowered, used and abused. culture is a perversion, it fetishizes objects, creates consumer mania, and preaches endless forms of false happiness. endless forms of false understanding, it invites you to diminish yourself by behaving like machines. human meme processors. the time has come to thoroughly renounce and reject the chains that bind. only through RADICAL INDIVIDUALISM and creative processes, we can begin maximize our humanness, thus becoming much more incomprehensible to the machine/system. wake up. you're alive! its disgusting to see you people so dehumanized by these systems that you actually believe you were put on this planet to toil in the mud. step back and see that we have the power, medical understanding, scientific knowledge to produce a kind of human paradise. the problem is that we are led by the least among us. least noble. least visionary. least intelligent. no one fights back against these dehumanizing values that are handed down as control icons. CULTURE IS NOT YOUR FRIEND. culture is for the convenience of various institutions, churches, corporations, etc. every day you are systematically disempowered, used and abused. culture is a perversion, it fetishizes objects, creates consumer mania, and preaches endless forms of false happiness. endless forms of false understanding, it invites you to diminish yourself by behaving like machines. human meme processors. the time has come to thoroughly renounce and reject the chains that bind. only through RADICAL INDIVIDUALISM and creative processes, we can begin maximize our humanness, thus becoming much more incomprehensible to the machine/system. wake up. you're alive!

]]> By: Been There, Done That http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/04/02/twentysomething-why-i-dont-want-worklife-balance/comment-page-2/#comment-205082 Been There, Done That Wed, 30 Sep 2009 21:16:05 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/04/02/twentysomething-why-i-dont-want-worklife-balance/#comment-205082 Life is all about choices. How you choose to utilize your time is one of the biggest. As you get older, with more obligations, and people depending upon you for their livings, you can feel the weight of the world pressing down on your shoulders and soon, everything you do is chore. That quickie email to wrap up a project seems like a tome. Going to a friend of your child's birthday party is a prison sentence. Just wait and see. And the worst thing about life is that the older you get the faster time slips by. Which is why so many people in meaningful careers suffer burn out and mid life crisis about the age of 45. Blending is fine when you're young, but you will see that when you hit 40 you just want to turn it all off and have some quiet time with loved ones, or solitary time by yourself. Life is all about choices. How you choose to utilize your time is one of the biggest. As you get older, with more obligations, and people depending upon you for their livings, you can feel the weight of the world pressing down on your shoulders and soon, everything you do is chore. That quickie email to wrap up a project seems like a tome. Going to a friend of your child's birthday party is a prison sentence. Just wait and see. And the worst thing about life is that the older you get the faster time slips by. Which is why so many people in meaningful careers suffer burn out and mid life crisis about the age of 45. Blending is fine when you're young, but you will see that when you hit 40 you just want to turn it all off and have some quiet time with loved ones, or solitary time by yourself.

]]> By: Adriana http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/04/02/twentysomething-why-i-dont-want-worklife-balance/comment-page-2/#comment-202325 Adriana Wed, 23 Sep 2009 21:23:03 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/04/02/twentysomething-why-i-dont-want-worklife-balance/#comment-202325 Couldn't say it better. I keep talking to people about this exact topic, saying that balance is unachievable and being content with all aspects of life is what is important. However, the response is always "no one likes their job." I'm glad I don't believe that response yet, but I can't help but see myself thinking that way in 5 years, if I still don't have a "job" doing something satisfying. Couldn't say it better. I keep talking to people about this exact topic, saying that balance is unachievable and being content with all aspects of life is what is important. However, the response is always "no one likes their job." I'm glad I don't believe that response yet, but I can't help but see myself thinking that way in 5 years, if I still don't have a "job" doing something satisfying.

]]> By: Jen http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/04/02/twentysomething-why-i-dont-want-worklife-balance/comment-page-2/#comment-190106 Jen Tue, 04 Aug 2009 04:23:56 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/04/02/twentysomething-why-i-dont-want-worklife-balance/#comment-190106 I don't find this reasonable. I am two courses away from an MS degree and I don't see the joy in spending all day doing work for someone else, especially when it doesn't seem to be making a difference (except to make someone a big profit). I am miserable being away from home, friends, and family for most of my life (other than sleeping). Even the hours that are not spent at work, you have to think about work, dream about work, get ready for work, commute, etc. It NEVER ENDS! The only thing I can do for 8 hours a day or more is write...but I don't know how I can make a living writing novels and articles all day. That's so risky! How do people do it? The thought of spending the next 50 years as a slave makes me want to end my life sometimes. I don't have a husband or family now, but I've always dreamed of having a big one, but you need money, which requires you to hand your life over to office politics, slavery, lonely days with angry people, and mundane, routine tasks or overly demanding ones. I wish I could be more positive, but I'm burned out and was recently laid off (although I'm realieved because I was treated like scum). I am actually a very hard worker and spend hours devoted to my jobs...but I'm sick of it because that's not the life I want. I want to learn, spend time with people I love, and tend to my health. I want to be home where I can enjoy peace and less drama! I don't find this reasonable. I am two courses away from an MS degree and I don't see the joy in spending all day doing work for someone else, especially when it doesn't seem to be making a difference (except to make someone a big profit).

I am miserable being away from home, friends, and family for most of my life (other than sleeping). Even the hours that are not spent at work, you have to think about work, dream about work, get ready for work, commute, etc. It NEVER ENDS!

The only thing I can do for 8 hours a day or more is write…but I don't know how I can make a living writing novels and articles all day. That's so risky!

How do people do it? The thought of spending the next 50 years as a slave makes me want to end my life sometimes.

I don't have a husband or family now, but I've always dreamed of having a big one, but you need money, which requires you to hand your life over to office politics, slavery, lonely days with angry people, and mundane, routine tasks or overly demanding ones.

I wish I could be more positive, but I'm burned out and was recently laid off (although I'm realieved because I was treated like scum).

I am actually a very hard worker and spend hours devoted to my jobs…but I'm sick of it because that's not the life I want. I want to learn, spend time with people I love, and tend to my health. I want to be home where I can enjoy peace and less drama!

]]> By: Jonathan http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/04/02/twentysomething-why-i-dont-want-worklife-balance/comment-page-2/#comment-186899 Jonathan Sat, 06 Jun 2009 04:43:00 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/04/02/twentysomething-why-i-dont-want-worklife-balance/#comment-186899 I agree with Sharon, you need to work at what you love. I agree with Sharon, you need to work at what you love.

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