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<center>*Twice and thrice over, as they say, good is it to repeat and review what is good.*</center>

<center>**- Plato -**</center>
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Thanks Plato, I get it...*it's good to repeat good things*: Thoughts, attitudes and actions...By replicating and expanding upon the good one is left less room for the bad, or less productive things. But what happens when we're ~~forced~~ compelled through necessity to repeat that which doesn't feel so good...*I mean going to work every day and doing things that don't make one's heart sing, but pay the bills.*

Don't get me wrong folks, I don't mind my job and am good at it; those combined means it's not too difficult to start work each day, Monday to Friday. 

Oh, and there's other reasons it's not so bad as well...I don't work weekends and rarely do I need to work after business hours. I get a lot of freedom, almost total autonomy, and move about in a nice company-supplied vehicle, all expenses paid, and with the latest mobile phone and, as of two days ago, a brand new laptop computer. It's not so bad. But...I'm feeling a little uninspired about it all at the moment, maybe a by-product of having just returned to work this week after a few weeks off, maybe that *I've been working since the age of thirteen, thirty nine years, and am over it.*

I was thinking today, about the repetitive nature of most jobs. 

Sure there's differences of course, and in the case of my own, it's quite varied, but overall, if I look at the role in its entirety, it's all the same thing over and over. That doesn't fill me with inspiration. But, that compelling reason I mention above, having to pay my way through life, means I turn up and swap my time, thoughts, effort and knowledge for polymer notes called money that I exchange for the goods and services needed to live and enjoy life. Yeah, not so bad...but I know people find other options and I'm working on that myself too.

Life is pretty complicated these days, at least in a first-world country like mine. 

The cost of living increases exponentially and my opportunities decrease meaning *I'm getting older.* I suppose, for those reasons I focus so hard on reducing the  impact upon my general life where possible through various means. I focus on productivity, minimising the duration of the duties I carry out through good work practices and effort, and setting parameters around my time and the demands on it made by the company and my clients. It's working sure, but yep, I still have to turn up each day and do it all again...and the next and the one after that. 

One of my routines is a visit to a café for breakfast each workday, I've written about it before. It's a soft-start to the working day and I find it makes me more productive. 

Today, whilst chomping on the sandwich in the image, I thought about the term, *same shit, different day,* and kind of related. It's a slippery slope though, thoughts like that, as they can destroy one's attitude and it's that exact thing which is required to ensure one has the ability to get things done, work, or those methods I use to mitigate its impact on my life - The wrong attitude can cause those things to suffer and then everything else spirals out of control. So, I pushed the thought away, ate the sandwich and moved on. There's not much other choice right? 
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I wonder what motivates you to get up and go to work each day? 

What reasons do you have...I mean the *WHY*, you personally use to get you moving forward each day into a job that may not ring your bell. Of course, you may love your job and the time you spend there, I know a few with no real life outside of their work and they say how much they love it, I guess for the social aspect they don't get from their personal life or some other reason...maybe that's you? Either way, what's your method of leaning into your working life and getting it done day after day? Comment below if you'd like.


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Design and create your ideal life, don't live it by default; tomorrow isn't promised so be humble and kind - galenkp

<sub><sub>Any images in this post are my own</sub></sub>