still looking for that tombstone that sez-
i wish i had spent more time at the office
i wish i had spent more time at the office
At the same time, I never saw a tombstone that said “I’m glad I slacked off and buried my talents out back”
As someone wrote, there is spiritual value in work. It is good for the soul. Work honors God’s gifts and the talents received from Him. There are plenty of folks who wrote about retirees dying shortly after leaving the workforce. Does that mean they were invested in their career? Probably, but that’s not evil or sinful. Working into your later years doesn’t mean you’re supporting the WEF or globalists.
I’m sort of surprised at the anti-capitalist mentality woven into this whole thread. Indeed, when searching for this article online (I needed a version that wasn’t behind a paywall) there was a pro-communism website that blasted the article as being capitalist, empirialist, blah blah blah. It’s odd…since the end of 2020, there is a weird anti-company mentality that’s running through consevatism. I believe it’s a knee-jerk response to DEI and the perception that anyone who works in a publicly-traded company is a mouth-breathing wokester and taking one more paycheck from that beast makes you a Collaborator. I also suspect those conservative virtue-signalers are basing their opinion on Gateway Pundit articles etc. News flash: they’re way off.
Comtinung to “work for the man” could be about money/providing for children or grandchildren, personal fulfillment, healthcare…
…and yeah….maybe you ARE in “the Game” and you love it. That does NOT make you a baaaad person. Yes, if you’re blowing off birthday parties, anniversaries, and important family things so you can answer an email, that may be one thing. But if you run a division, have people depending upon you, own a business, and so on, dying with your boots on can be a noble way to go.
The boss who basically hired me and gave me a chance in NYC died a few years ago. I went to his funeral: there were tons of people, from the fire dept for which he volunteered, family, friends…and co-workers. He’d retired and we had lunch from time to time. When his daughter eulogized him, she spoke of his job the people who were important to him from work. It was beautiful.
As someone else wrote, don’t let others tell you what’s right for you. That means if you want to punch out and play golf or go to the range or not work, more power to you. But if you DO continue putting on your overalls, mending the electricity, putting up drywall, presenting to the Board, running your department, or being a teller, that is also a righteous path.