tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4312736954468978064.post3806715814999786489..comments2024-03-28T01:51:22.367-03:00Comments on Not Buying Anything: My Mom Would Think You're LazyGregg Koephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09349453216733070775noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4312736954468978064.post-68498442904033215452018-03-15T00:47:48.922-03:002018-03-15T00:47:48.922-03:00Madeleine,
"...asked when I was going back t...Madeleine,<br /><br />"...asked when I was going back to work" - I know what they mean, but it's as if keeping a home and raising kids isn't work. Not only is it work, but it Is the most important work in the world. <br /><br />And its not as if living simply isn't work, too. And raising kids while living simply? Going to most jobs would be easier. Growing your own food, sewing/repairing, cooking from scratch, and community participation are all work. <br /><br />It is NOT (yet) a crime for us to to be in life more. Good thing, too. Once we make the decision to experience more in life than the standard script, everything changes. Your beautiful day is evidence of that.<br /><br />It is hard for those of us in western civilization to break free of the obsolete, all-pervasive work ethic (that wants us to work ourselves to an honourable death for corporate interests). Guilting people who say, "no thanks" is one way they try to keep us going. <br /><br />But it can't be true that only paid work is worth doing, or is somehow more important than unpaid work. And doing nothing as just as important as doing something. Balance.Gregg Koephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09349453216733070775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4312736954468978064.post-84397014182381805472018-03-14T20:58:57.325-03:002018-03-14T20:58:57.325-03:00Life is such a precious gift - do we really want t...Life is such a precious gift - do we really want to hurtle through it in a state of complete exhaustion?<br /><br />Being thought of as lazy is a hard thing to swallow. When my kids were babies so many people asked when I was going back to work, as if it was lazy not to earn money whilst raising children. I still struggle with guilt if I spend a day doing nothing much, now that I have reduced my working hours. But the whole point of reducing work was to be able to 'be' in my life more, and have more time for just living. Today I have prepared food for the family, checked on my vegetable garden and walked the dogs. Now I'm drinking tea....surely this is not a crime?<br /><br />Madeleine.xAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4312736954468978064.post-41012564831726504352009-10-07T01:53:24.944-03:002009-10-07T01:53:24.944-03:00Start slowly. Don't hesitate to take care days...Start slowly. Don't hesitate to take care days from work when you need them, mentally or physically. Does your workplace offer flexibility in your schedule? Without debt you are free to make the decisions about work that make sense to you. Show those around you that we are going through a fundamental shift in how we live. Lead by example, and good luck. I look forward to hearing the good news of your progress here. Remember that there is a growing community of like minded individuals out here to support you.Gregg Koephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09349453216733070775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4312736954468978064.post-77323706546624528662009-10-06T12:55:41.549-03:002009-10-06T12:55:41.549-03:00I very much agree with your comments on the work e...I very much agree with your comments on the work ethic. I would love to be able to work less myself, but I feel pressured from everyone around me that I need to work as much as they are. I don't have any debt, but I feel like I do because of the influence of those around me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com