Work means nothing if you have a shitty life

Well, it's true. For me, work is part of my life, a very important part.

Three things I'd usually like to claim, true or not.

1. I don't work for money, but pay has to be well enough :)

2. I don't do the clock, so I won't do a job on the clock either.

3. Work is an important part of my life, so don't call me workaholic, it makes me happy. It's the same kinda feeling as expecting a child, decorating a house, planning a nice trip, playing chess with friends. In another word, I love what I do and I won't do what I hate.

It seems quite obvious to me that if you get to spend 8 hours of your day time to enjoy that part of your life, what's wrong with that? On the contrary, if job to you is only what you want to trade for the rest of 4 hours peace and fun after working hours, I can't help thinking that is very sad.

In a certain stage of everyone's career, well maybe not everyone, in my career, I thought a lot about how important it is being somebody in my life, making marks in paths I have stepped through. It is only in the last two years I realised that you don't mark on something in the future, you do it on this very moment. There is no such thing as out of life, no such thing as what I would be able to do instead in the future if I just do this now. Every step made is part of it, every decision made is the brick which will eventually complete the building. All I hope is one day when I look back and can peacefully say that I lived my life.