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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DaveStebbins" data-source="post: 1966376" data-attributes="member: 1427">Depends. If you enjoy your work and your co-workers, it really CAN be worth it. If you or a friend finish an important project, if you really make a difference, it can be extremely rewarding. I'd rather feel very good and very bad once in while than risk cutting myself off and feeling nothing at all. I've been there before and, for me, the answer is taking a chance and being emotionally invested in my job, my co-workers, my friends and life. Am I setting myself up for a big fall? Maybe, but I'm sure enjoying the heck out of the trip.Sure. You're always better off if you're not living in fear. I just think it's possible to both be emotionally invested in your job AND not be worried about losing it. I've gone through long periods in my life where I was very cynical/realistic. As long as I expected the worst, I was never disappointed. I became a very negative person. Then I realized that, while there sure is a bunch of stuff in my life over which I have no control, the one thing I always have control over (as long as I exercise that control) is my attitude. Since then, I have become a much more positive person. I'm upbeat, nice, patient, friendly and forgiving, if for no other reason than it annoys the heck out of some people.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />  Sure, there are lots of things wrong with the company I work for, but you can find things like that in ANY company. There's also a lot of good things in the company I work for; first and foremost is the caliber of people all around me. I've worked closely with several hundred people in the 15+ years I've been here and there's really only one person I would not want to work with again. That's pretty darned impresive to me, and the cool thing is that it's been like that every place I've ever worked (from the loading dock at a K-Mart, to a grocery store, to a retail store, to my current job as an Engineer/Data Geek).I guess my point, if I have one, is that a job can be as much, or as little, as you make it. I've never lived in anyone's shoes except my own, so please don't think I'm trying to preach and tell others how they should think or act. I'm just saying what has made a difference in my life.-Dave"I have found that if you love life, life will love you back."  --Arthur Rubinstein (1887-1982) musicianPS - the best job for a slacker is really "heir" or, even better, "sole heir"  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

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