Labor Day, 2021

Today is Labor Day. We remember all work: wage earners, independent contractors, entrepreneurs, managers, clergy, and non-profit semi-volunteers. Work is done under a variety of organizations: unions, professional, and none at all. There are multiple paths to success and multiple ways to measure it.

This year we’re remembering the drudgery of work.

Drudgery
By Jack Le Moine

They say that people should find out what they like to and then find out a way to get paid for doing it. That works for some people. But what about all those other jobs that are necessary to keep society running. Garbage collectors? Janitors? Farm workers? And etcetera, etcetera? What about them?

Do you have a job that makes you bored? What about you?

I suggest that there’s glory in menial labor. Most of the human race does not have steady jobs with a steady income. If your job pays the bills, then there’s satisfaction in that. If it does not, then that’s a big problem. Big enough to warrant changing jobs.

And/or looking to join a labor union. They were created to help these kind of people.

This does not address the problem that a highly paid boring job is still boring.

There are silver linings to this dark cloud. It frees up your mind to thing creative thoughts. Write poetry in your head or compose your next novel. Then write your thoughts down in your spare time.

Daydreaming is frowned upon but it is a great way to get through the day.

Can you listen to the radio while you work? Can you use headphones? Audio books?

At the end, there may just not be any options for those stuck in boring jobs. Let’s honor them this day.

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