Showing posts with label tedium. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tedium. Show all posts

Monday, June 04, 2007

Sorely tempted

I've never--to my knowledge--heard of nor read Jon Carroll. But I like his recent op-ed.

Quit your job if you hate it. Go on. I know these are hard times, and people fall off the edge, but God is passing out brain tumors too, and you might as well take the plunge. The plunge is all we've got.

When you're young you think that life stretches out indefinitely and you can take this crap for another decade. And the lesson of Jeanne Steager is, No, you bloody well can't. Life is of varying lengths, and actuarial tables are only averages, and sometimes you gotta close your eyes and jump. Even if it's scary; especially if it's scary.


The problem is I've taken this advice three times already since 2000. Still no dream job, just an expanded list of pointless mind-numbing occupations.