i can still vaguely rem wat i've learnt in HR class last year. On the topic of the meaning of work. Which revolves around the concept that work is crucial to satisfying the needs human beings - mental needs as well as physical needs. Some journals which i've read still quote that about 80+% of humans will still continue working even though they have enough money not to fret for the rest of their lives. =)
So brings us back to e qn: How important or to wat extent can the meaning of work satisfy our mental and physical needs? It is reasonable to assume then that different individuals require different levels of mental/physical satisfaction from the meaning of work, right? So wats the level of physical/mental satisfaction that you need from the work aspect of your life? wats the level of satisfaction that you need from e non work aspects of your life?
Brings us back to e basic theory that all humans have needs:
Physical Needs: Food, Rest, etc
Mental Needs: Fulfillment, achievement, need to spend time alone with oneself, recognition
Spiritual Needs: Religion, Need to be ethically and morally upright, etc
R/s Needs: Need to form bonds, feelings with other human beings: frens/family/spouse
So where does e meaning of work come into e picture here? It again depends on wat are your needs that you can satisfy by working. E rest of the needs will then have to be fulfilled by the non work aspects of our lives, from play, socializing, and other types of activities.
Hence for each individual there should exist a tailor made recipe for his contentment in life. Which should be also known as the ultimate aim of every being: to achieve a fully balanced life where all his needs/wants can be satisfied as much as possible through the use of scarce resources (time, money, etc) =) so wats ur recipe for contentment?
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Tuesday, October 09, 2007
Irregular sleep hours and sleep patterns
Ever since converting to night shift about 6 weeks ago, life has kinda transformed for me. I still remed that day my section manager informed me that i might be going night shift, i called ting up and told her that my life will soon be veri different than in morning A shift (Sunday to Tues/Wed). n how right i was.
Ya, i think i'm getting paid veri well. I agree. Of coz i noe quite a few ppl envy my paycheck. Its even perfectly possible to hit 6k if i wan every mth. But there are a lot of intangible things in my life that i've lost working night shift...................... sadly.
1) Weekly sat soccer sessions.......... i've been going w/o fail for lots of weeks while i was in day shift. Nowadays after my night shift even though i'm free on alt sat mornings, i barely haf any physical energy to play soccer liao. So i realli feel left out n sad that i'm missing out all e fun n action.
2) Friday night outings wif class/frens......... its sad that ppl are asking me out on friday nights when i can nvr make it....... not when i'm in D shift.
3) Proper sleep hours and sleep patterns............... i'm officially resting/sleeping at weird hours and for weird durations as well. I sleep when i'm tired and stay awake when i'm not. Haa like yesterday stayed awake for 30 hours then slept for 15 hrs consec. :S super off.
Its interesting in work that u can see the corporate culture/social influence taking place. Everyone wanna do well in work, achieve something reasonable within an expected amount of time. E.g. promoted to management positions in 3/4 yrs? haaa that will prove that they are competent/zai/good/higher recognition/bigger paycheck. Yet i still think its not that enviable, with higher positions come higher responsibilities. N still these so called zai ppl are still working for other ppl, living off a pay check. I prefer to think that the realli good ppl are making ppl work for them and not living off a pay check.
i've become a veri frugal person recently. i'm quite shocked too by my sudden transformation too. Maybe i can realli feel that money is veri hard to earn these days. 血汗钱 u noe? Most important i wanna reach the 10k goal i've set for myself in 6 mths. n that's after paying for e 2k computer loan which tatamounts to 12k in 6mths. Wish me good luck! =)
Ya, i think i'm getting paid veri well. I agree. Of coz i noe quite a few ppl envy my paycheck. Its even perfectly possible to hit 6k if i wan every mth. But there are a lot of intangible things in my life that i've lost working night shift...................... sadly.
1) Weekly sat soccer sessions.......... i've been going w/o fail for lots of weeks while i was in day shift. Nowadays after my night shift even though i'm free on alt sat mornings, i barely haf any physical energy to play soccer liao. So i realli feel left out n sad that i'm missing out all e fun n action.
2) Friday night outings wif class/frens......... its sad that ppl are asking me out on friday nights when i can nvr make it....... not when i'm in D shift.
3) Proper sleep hours and sleep patterns............... i'm officially resting/sleeping at weird hours and for weird durations as well. I sleep when i'm tired and stay awake when i'm not. Haa like yesterday stayed awake for 30 hours then slept for 15 hrs consec. :S super off.
Its interesting in work that u can see the corporate culture/social influence taking place. Everyone wanna do well in work, achieve something reasonable within an expected amount of time. E.g. promoted to management positions in 3/4 yrs? haaa that will prove that they are competent/zai/good/higher recognition/bigger paycheck. Yet i still think its not that enviable, with higher positions come higher responsibilities. N still these so called zai ppl are still working for other ppl, living off a pay check. I prefer to think that the realli good ppl are making ppl work for them and not living off a pay check.
i've become a veri frugal person recently. i'm quite shocked too by my sudden transformation too. Maybe i can realli feel that money is veri hard to earn these days. 血汗钱 u noe? Most important i wanna reach the 10k goal i've set for myself in 6 mths. n that's after paying for e 2k computer loan which tatamounts to 12k in 6mths. Wish me good luck! =)
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