[PackerBronco]

Not one person ... has found themselves on their deathbed, said ... “I wish I’d spent more time at work.”

I understand that's a classic line that is often quoted, but I think it's poppy-cock. I think a person who looks back on life of squandered gifts, missed opportunities, and lost accomplishments all due to laziness will probably regret that they did not use their God-given gifts more and better or in the modern parlance: "spent more time at the office."

Of course work is not the be-all and end-all of existence, but life without work is a life of frivolity, vanities, and is, ultimately, meaningless.

[socrates_shoe]

>> Not one person ... has found themselves on their
>> deathbed, said ... “I wish I’d spent more time at work.”
>
> I understand that’s a classic line that is often quoted,
> but I think it’s poppy-cock.

A general statement about people always carries a certain amount of danger, just because there are so many varieties of people.

I can say with certainty that of all the people I’ve known who were approaching or near death (admittedly, a fairly small sample), a less than stellarly developed work ethic was way, way, way down on the list of things that mattered to them. So far down that it has never once been mentioned.

> Of course work is not the be-all and end-all of
> existence, but life without work is a life of frivolity,
> vanities, and is, ultimately, meaningless.

Meaning can be found in a wide array of activities. Raising children and interacting with your family, neighbors and community are, I’d say, many times more valuable than most work at that task.

[WOSG]

I wish I would accomplish more. This is not about laziness, you can do a lot in your ‘free time’. But ‘time at the office’ is just time you’ve given over to be on salary. You get ‘experience’ and a paycheck. After enough “experience” it doest get you much, and all you’ve got is your take-home, and all you’ve got there after some time is what you saved after expenses. So wouldnt you rather be doing your own thing, if you could get the same paycheck without the “time at the office”? ... the exception may be if you are busy curing cancer or are Steven Speilberg.
Most of us are in more prosaic pursuits.

Time to go home. :-)

[ShadowDancer]

but life without work is a life of frivolity, vanities, and is, ultimately, meaningless.

I agree completely. And I am now doing the hardest work I have ever done, bar none. Raising children.

[metmom]

You really missed the point of that one.