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<div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 5:07 PM, Dave S <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:sly@mu-sly.co.uk">sly@mu-sly.co.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div class="im">On Sunday 03 January 2010, Andrew Tarpinian wrote:<br></div>
<div class="im">> Should it be treated as a job?<br><br></div>I don't think ANYTHING should be treated as a job - unless you want to stop<br>enjoying it!<br><br>But then I'm a huge believer in the "work as play" philosophy, in that I think<br>
separation between "work" and "life" is one of the main reasons so many people<br>are unhappy with their lives.<br><br>I don't particularly want to debate this with anyone who thinks otherwise - I<br>
think we've been there on the 'bar before, and my position hasn't particularly<br>changed, though if anything it has strengthened. I'm sure there are plenty of<br>you out there enjoying your jobs - and that's fine by me! :-)<br>
<br>But interestingly, it was a book I read when on my way to parenthood which<br>helped me further firm up my belief about this. I've found a page here which<br>seems to have many of the main bits:<br><br><a href="http://www.whywork.org/rethinking/leisure/continuum.html" target="_blank">http://www.whywork.org/rethinking/leisure/continuum.html</a><br>
<br>The main point is: "...the apparent absence of a word for 'work' in the<br>Yequana vocabulary."<br><br>I think (and from my own experience too) that once you start separating your<br>life into these imaginary concepts of "work" and "leisure", it's only a matter<br>
of time before dissatisfaction and unhappiness ensue.<br><br>I would never treat music as "a job", even if it was what I did as my main<br>source of income. I'm trying to remodel my life (and my mode of thinking) as<br>
far as it's possible, so that there will be no distinction between my "work"<br>and my "life".<br><br>I haven't been tremendously busy with websites in the last year, but one thing<br>I did in Summer 2006 was to conciously decide to stop taking on website work<br>
that I wouldn't enjoy. I have been a lot poorer since then, but so much<br>happier too. I only make websites that I enjoy making - honestly!! Play<br>(essentially "creativity", I suppose) is a huge part of this.<br>
<br>In the eventual low-ecological-impact life I am building, there will just be<br>"things I do" - and I'm aiming to always have an element of play (enjoyment<br>for the sake of it) in there, and to find opportunities to create that where<br>
it isn't forthcoming. The word "ludic" sums it up perfectly.<br><br>This is the approach I take with music too, so viewing it as "a job" or "work"<br>would be the last thing I'd do if I wanted to get somewhere with it!<br>
<br>(Of course, if I was writing Puritan anthems for the likes of Tony Blair, then<br>it's work-work-work all the way! Ugh!)<br><br>Cheers,<br><font color="#888888"><br>~Dave<br></font><br>PS. Right, that's enough long emails from me for today!<br>
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