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F*O*A*D

On 3/11/14, 11:30 PM, wrote:
On Tue, 11 Mar 2014 21:14:03 -0400, F*O*A*D wrote:

On 3/11/14, 8:47 PM, wrote:
On Tue, 11 Mar 2014 16:13:43 -0400, F*O*A*D wrote:

I don't do the work I do for amusement. I do it for the reasons stated
in my first paragraph, above.

I have a couple of hobbies, and other leisure activities, but that's
what they are...leisure time activities, not my life.

That is just sad.

Your life is work?

You don't seem to get it. I like what I do. In many cases, my work helps
people who really need help, in this country and abroad, in sustainable
development, delivering reliable potable water, worker training, worker
rights, et cetera, in underdeveloped nations.

I also get to meet and work with interesting people in a number of
fields of endeavor, including business, labor, the fine arts, music,
theater, and movies. I get to wear a suit and tie if I want. I get to
travel to interesting places on someone else's dime. I get paid nicely
for this, and get to produce interesting deliverables.

To me, that's a lot more interesting and a lot more fun than flying
model airplanes, playing golf, RV'ing, et cetera.

To each his own.

I suppose.

I wore a suit and tie every day from 8th grade until I left IBM so I
am not as impressed with it these days.

Sitting around writing ad copy certainly would not do it for me, no
matter what I was wearing.

I guess I am happier building things.

I always enjoyed writing ad copy in the days when I did a lot of it.