Driving to work I had a Nihilistic moment.

glen8 said:
You are one of the many I was referencing in another post

right or wrong, up or down, ying or yang

Unfortunately that train of thought is quite confined. It's not unusual, far from it. Most people are like it today, which I honestly think leads to depression.

Yes, I take my holidays. I love my personal time. I also love my job.
I'm having my cake and eating it :D

If you can set yourself up in such a manner that you love both your job and personal time, you end up being happy all throughout the day. Monday mornings mean as much to me as friday evenings.

I'm not saying I don't have bad days, or I don't want to stay in bed on cold mornings, but the thought of going to work pleases me (it wasn't always like that).

It's not an easy road to navigate, but one most people should attempt.

Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.

Confucius

This doesn't specifically address the OPs statement. Even if I lead a happy life, I still end up dead. What's the point? There is no answer, because the human race has not evolved to a point to be able to answer it.
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What is your job? Out of interest.

Just for the record I don't hate my job...
 
as of 1st jan, interim group IT manager but I also keep some responsibilities from my old job which was infrastructure projects.

My boss has gone to director of group projects so I'm basically filling his old shoes (he doesnt do IT now)

I get to decide how we move IT forward for six sites here in the uk, saudi and china. I'm lucky because I also get to run some of my own projects as well. That, and getting to play with some great toys :-)
 
glen8 said:
as of 1st jan, interim group IT manager but I also keep some responsibilities from my old job which was infrastructure projects.

My boss has gone to director of group projects so I'm basically filling his old shoes (he doesnt do IT now)

I get to decide how we move IT forward for six sites here in the uk, saudi and china. I'm lucky because I also get to run some of my own projects as well. That, and getting to play with some great toys :-)
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Not my cup of tea...but good for you.

Playing with toys is interesting...it's a distraction of the absurdity of your situation.:p
 
well today I get to play with our new 24k san. Kinda boring I guess, but I know the huge benefits we'll see from installing it.

I have a master plan which is where I want to get the business in two years. That keeps me busy and focused. The team are happy with the plan, and if the office is happy, I'm happy.
 
I came the realisation a long time ago the whole thing is pointless. At this stage you can go one of two ways, give up or live your life and make the most of it when you are alive. I chose the latter and **** the future, when I'm dead, I'm dead no point crying over it.

I do at times wonder though if the idiots in the world may have a happier life the intelligent, ignorant of anything beyond their horizons and not really aware of the wider world or the impact of their actions. I have too much self respect to be one of those muppets though :p
 
No1newts said:
I came the realisation a long time ago the whole thing is pointless. At this stage you can go one of two ways, give up or live your life and make the most of it when you are alive. I chose the latter and **** the future, when I'm dead, I'm dead no point crying over it.

I do at times wonder though if the idiots in the world may have a happier life the intelligent, ignorant of anything beyond their horizons and not really aware of the wider world or the impact of their actions. I have too much self respect to be one of those muppets though :p
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I call them young inexperienced spirits. You can get some old / middle aged people who are idiots, yet children who come across as being quite wise in their thoughts.
 
I'd love to find a job I love.
I just don't know how to break out of this. I'm kind of paralysed by to many options with none seemingly any better or more right than any other

Doing something new and again finding yourself in the same position but with less money troubles me. If I had a good idea of what I wanted to do at this point in my life I'd do it (no responsibility etc)
 
No1newts said:
I came the realisation a long time ago the whole thing is pointless. At this stage you can go one of two ways, give up or live your life and make the most of it when you are alive. I chose the latter and **** the future, when I'm dead, I'm dead no point crying over it.

I do at times wonder though if the idiots in the world may have a happier life the intelligent, ignorant of anything beyond their horizons and not really aware of the wider world or the impact of their actions. I have too much self respect to be one of those muppets though :p
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Pretty much what I said, give up or not care.
Definitely no point crying over it.

Id kind of love to be religious or ignorant. Sometimes it's better than realisation!
 
Thinking a job has meaning is like walking onto a beach and attempting to count every grain of sand thinking it has a point.

The free watch on embraced in the absurdity of even trying to count the grain of sand in a handful.
 
easyrider said:
Thinking a job has meaning is like walking onto a beach and attempting to count every grain of sand thinking it has a point.

The free watch on embraced in the absurdity of even trying to count the grain of sand in a handful.
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That's a hard pill to swallow

You can't say a job has no meaning, without knowing the endgame. We don't. Who knows what secrets to the universe will be unlocked during the lifespan of the human race.

If I could go into the future, and see that there is no point to anything (which I find hard to believe) then yes, anything we do now is pointless.

The fact is, we really don't have a clue, so there could be a point.
 
glen8 said:
That's a hard pill to swallow

You can't say a job has no meaning, without knowing the endgame. We don't. Who knows what secrets to the universe will be unlocked during the lifespan of the human race.

If I could go into the future, and see that there is no point to anything (which I find hard to believe) then yes, anything we do now is pointless.

The fact is, we really don't have a clue, so there could be a point.
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Well the setup that we find ourselves in means that this purpose cannot have any regard for the individual. If we are a means to an end it is surely a bizarre and cruel mechanism we find ourselves trapped within. There also seems little protection against us failing, I mean could easily suffer the same fait as the dinosaurs.

For me the only theory that has ever made any sense is that we are simply the energy of the universe who find ourselves in a configuration that is capable of looking back on it's self.
 
I'm now to weak to leave...I'm trapped by my own doing.

How do I set myself free?

Its not the JOB I hate...Its not the country lane drive with my roof down in my MX5 commute

Its the complete and utter **** at work who make silly decisions based on selfishness and me battling these decisions draining and exasperating
 
i envy the people who jack in the rat race and buy an RV or convert a van and just travel the USA following the 70 deg weather all year. 2 of the managers at work (husband and wife) did just that, they called in one day and said they quit. Turns out they just sold their house and bought an RV and dissapeared off into the sunset.
 
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