What is work to you? Is it only work if you don't like it? Or is work..work?

I totally agree with your perspective and that is why as time has passed I have made sure to only find employment doing things I enjoy. Life is too short to not enjoy all your time!So my theory is, to do what makes you happy. Even if what you love doing does not pay well. If that is the case, then you will just have to spend less, so that the money you make doing something you love goes further.

Hi there. What is work to me? Let me tell you my views... Work to me is sacrificing family time and time for yourself, work is also blood, sweat and tears, work is waking up every morning at 3:30 am, kissing your family good bye and driving 45 minutes there and driving 45 minutes back after work, work is missing our childrens school items, performances and sports days, work is working hard on a 12 hour shift- 6 days a week... My husbands normal week...

am like you gardening and outdoor work I love so not work . Taking care of grandchild is work if I have to doit all the time. When I had a job I loved it not owrk to me but dishes cleaning house gracery shopping thins like that is work . Give me my garden my lot and doing what I like to do I am happy as a lark

No one would work for the bit we are earning at this site. I is a play to be given some cash for participation. That is it, in now way work. Work is a service, it is an exchange of information for a set fee, it is living off the money you have made and then living within it means. Some people work at living since they have the challenge of illness. Enjoyment normally does not enter into the work of a job. Some of us are fortunate to have employment that appeals to them. It fits and the compensation is consistent. They do not lessen your paycheck just because they can. There is work and then there are chores. There is a definite difference. Will be interesting to see what others have to say.

Well, no - I don't see MyLot as "work". Frankly, the money is so low it just isn't worth the hours that one would spend here if that was the only reason. No I just see it as something enjoyable and fun, where I can meet new people, learn new things, and generally broaden my horizons. And if I earn a few pennies here and there - well that's all well and good. No - to me, - work is that thing I drag myself into the office to do from Monday to Friday....... that boring thing that pays the mortgage and the food and heating bills, but which I would give up tomorrow if I won the Lottery! As for the cat boxes - I have 5 cats too - and LOL - isn't it a great job?! Luckily all my cats are outdoor cats, so the only time I ever have to change one is if one of them is ill and can't go out. Have a good day!

Ah--another thing I can relate too. I think anything that gives us sense of accomplishment,is creative and downright fun to do, even though it's "work" its not really since we're enjoying it...like my photography, writing, crafts, art, and yes, participating here...Then there's the other "work" which is work and not so much fun...like with me...I think most people think that as a photographer, all one does is walk around with a camera taking photos all the time...uh, nope...There's the cataloging of my photos...I'm only now scanning and digitizing my slides and had to come up with a different number ID system for the scans...While the original slides also have ID numbers...which it how I know I have exactly 21,049 slides--and it was only two years ago, that I added captions to most of my slides, especially my floral, landscape, and bird photos, by identifying them with the *gasp* Latin names for the species...yeesh...Now THAT was work..and boring as heck to do...at the moment, I've been working on a revision of my Listing of Published Photos from 1980 to 1996...I had to totally re-do it as my original list done on a PC computer can't be opened up in my Mac...and I can't, as I discovered do a simple copy/paste either...PCs and Macs don't make nice with one another..so back to doing the whole thing all over again....BORING.... Mmm...cat pans...hehe...I really don't mind doing them...I use two pans for my two cats--one uses the one pan the other the other pan...I've never seen them use the "wrong" pan--I'm not complaining about changing the pans cause it so much easier with my use of litter now...Since you do know a bit about my background, you'll remember that my mom had created a pet population problem and we had a LOT more cats....well, we just couldn't afford litter all the time with so many cats...we would've have had to buy about 200 lbs of litter a week! So know what we had to do? Tear up newspapers.. YUK...Now that was work, then every time a cat did something, had to change the pan, then lug the soiled paper in bags down two flights of stairs to the garbage room...so no I don't complain now about changing pans--LOL

To me I won't consider work as something I hate. Why should I hate work when working is the job you are doing to pay for your daily needs. With the money you buy things and with the money you survive. I like to regard work as something to be fond of, and make it creative so that I will not feel bored. This is what I think. Sorry for the opposite view in this matter. Anyway, I wish you all the best. Have a nice day.

What ever comes across to you for work, it is the work to be done! Well, What I want to do with my full participation is for spiritual growth and healing! I am for that! Writing comes next as a part of these two and as poet writer i think above mentioned two things are really important for a person who seeks for such a thing! Still the question remains that what kind of things will lead me for that! The overall situation since i started working for earning is not under my control! I have earned and develop things for my basic work orientation but still i am not reached to do that actually based on those things only! BUT I AM NOT FRUSTATED OR NOT ANGRY OR NOT EVEN BORED WHAT I AM DOING RIGHT NOW... YES I HAVE TRIED OUT GENUINELLY TO ADD MY PERSPECTIVES AND INNER THINGS IN MY WORK WHETHER IT IS ACCEPTED OR NOT I HAVE NOT COMPLAINED YET! INDIAN LIVING STANDARDS FOR SPIRITUAL LIFE AND SIMPLE LIVING HIGHER THINKING PROCESSES HELPED ME OUT TO TACKLE THESE ODD SITUATION TILL THE DATE! AND THE KARMAYOGA OF GEETA HAS HELPED MR A LOT! IT IS SAID LIKE THIS: "TO DO KARMA IS YOUR RIGHT BUT ASKING FOR THE REWARD OF THAT KARMA IS NOT YOUR RIGHT!"

I want to earn a lot through this site Ya i m a software engg working on active softwares Lets make it fun with more in here without greed

i enjoy communicating with other people i am homebound so it is nice to find a place to go to chat. if u make money so much the better but they dont pay much what i consider work is keeping a house clean with kids and pets. there is always something to clean but it is nice to find out what other people are thinking about

I guess I define work much simpler. If I have to go punch a clock, or be there at a certain time, it is work. That's when I say, "I have to go to work." If I were self-employed and worked from home and my livelihood depended on it, then there would be certain times of the day when I would have to say, "I have to get some work done." Gardening, mowing the lawn, or doing projects around the house I don't consider work even if I don't like them because I don't get paid and I don't have to punch a clock. I can decide when to do them, or whether I want to do them. They may be a lot of work, but I don't consider it work. And the lawn may be looking terrible because I haven't mowed it when I should have (I don't really do that) but I still don't consider it work because it is my choice. No one is forcing me (well, except my wife can be quite persuasive) so it is not work. I don't consider myLotting work, because I don't have to do it. Even though I get paid a little, I don't have to do it. I won't get fired if I don't. I can choose not to myLot if I want to. So it isn't work. Maybe I am just being defensive. I am retired now for almost two months. I am still getting used to not having to watch the clock for when it is time to go to work. I'm at the point where I don't want to have to call anything work, because then it wouldn't seem like I am retired. lol.

I am like to too. Housework helping kids with their homework. I don't like my job so I am going to work... I go on mylot for fun. I garden for fun. I build things for fun. I work out cause it is enjoyable. When I am sick then working out is well work. Baking is fun, supper sometimes is work at other times when I am creating something new it is pure joy! I have three childern at times it is work at others superfun! If it is something I don't like doing it is work and if I like doing it then its fun. I live in the country and I have three kitties, they were all strays and used to the outdoors so I am lucky I don't have the work of a litter box. LOL Vicki

For me work is worship. It is very old saying but, it is a real truth. Right now, I am planning to quit my job due to bad infrastructure and bad management. But, I still love my work and work with all my honest and sincerity. I have a team o 14 people and I love guide them towards good performance. When I will leave my current job, I am sure I would going to cry. I am very attached to my work.