Sangwon Park/ part5 A1/wed1-2

There are two reasons why people work. We work arbitrarily or by the external circumstances. Other reasons besides these are non-existent and can not exist.

Let's take a look at the first case. Working arbitrarily means that we do what we want. That means the reason why we work is based on our will, not external factors. Therefore, the opposite means that we work regardless of our will. Of course, you can feel contentment well even if you do not work in an arbitrary way. However, the degree of satisfaction will not be as good as the previous measure which include our will.

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By the way, we mostly work by our external situation. The typical case is a comparison to others. The comparison to others is encouraging us not to follow arbitrary way because the feeling that we don't want to fall behind is to make us feel jealous and inferiority, which is originated from outside, not inside ourselves.

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It does not mean that it is wrong to work in autonomous ways. For our welfare, however, it means that arbitrary labor is better. What is much happier than doing what you want? In other words, it is necessary to involve voluntary participation in order to be happy beyond mere gratification. "Happiness is not what others give, it is what I feel." (William Shakespeare)

 

Sangwon Park/ shared writing/ wed1-2

I agree with the message of aesop's fable which encourage us to work hard. It is more relevant when viewed from a long-term perspective. In other words, because the idea that effort is an indicator of success in society contributes to the development of society and the development of individuals, the aesop's fable which contains the massage about the importance of effort should be appreciated. In this sense, I support Aesop's Fables because that shows a sound society where lazy person lose and industrial person win.

Beyond the mere aspect of benefit, it is also a matter of justice. Aristotle said "Justice is a good match for each individual." And there is a similar quotes from capitalism which is the foundation of our society. "If you don't work, you will have no right to eat", "No pain, no gain."

Anyway, the essence of capitalism is the division by the outcome, and outcome can not be attained without effort. Therefore, it is important to encourage people to make efforts and to keep checks on laziness. That means unearned income, which removes the reason for trying to work and finally has bad effects on society as well as the individuals longing for it, need to be removed because the development of society is based on each individual's achievements.

Society should consider effort as a virtue for the sake of social advancement and personal success. And we should work hard for both justice and long-term gains. That is why I support Aesop's Fables.

 

Sangwon Park/final draft 'friendship'/wed1-2

Take a notice for our trust

 

 

What is different between friends and strangers? The one criteria that we usually use for dividing them is "trust" about them. We also classify our friends and acquaintances by estimating our degree of trust. However, because of our standard like this, we can be in trouble when we make a false friend. Because we believe our friend's advice or saying with having some trust, we would make an error or misjudge something that is very important to us.

 

Francis Bacon, An English philosopher, leave a quotation that warns about making false friends. The quotation is this : "A false friend is more dangerous than an open enemy" I guess he already knew the people's attitude about friends and wanted to advise that we should take a notice when we make a new friend. I agree with his opinion. We need to follow his advice because if we don't care about whom we meet, we may face a worst situation that we cannot believe even our best friends in the end.

 

You might think that I exaggerate the risk about having a false friend. However, You should know that false friends lead you a worst situation above. That's because when you more closer to your false friends, you would be more far away from your real friends. So, your side will be filled with false and bad friends not a true and good friend. And someday you realize your situation, then you will recognize the cause of your troubles. At that time, you will notice that almost all of problem comes from your false friends. Finally, you cannot trust your friends whom you have believed. Anyone don't want to face an above situation. That's why we should follow Francis Bacon's advice.

 

Because we all already know that enemies are always harmful, I would not argue about the danger of enemy. But I clearly want to say that as enemies or even more then them, false friends are bad for us. Therefore, please be careful when you make a new friend.

 

Aya Bekkouche/ Part5 A3/ Wed1-2

                        Working Mothers 

      60 years ago, the role of each member of a family was black and white. Fathers were in charge of financial matters and gaining money while mothers were supposed to clean, cook and take care of the children. Society, however, has changed drastically and nowadays it's very common to see both parents working in a household. Unfortunately, women suffer most of the time of the social pressure that forces them to endorse the responsibility of finding a balance between their career and their home completely. And while many people are now arguing that society should find a solution to help woman insuring that balance the real question is: why should women be the only ones responsible for it ? 

    The fact that more and more mothers are working is inevitable. Building  a family is getting more and more expensive, parents want to provide the best there is for their children whether it comes to clothing, schooling, or health care. Therefore most people cannot afford having only one parent working. People are now debating whether society should do something to make it easier for women to balance between their home and their work, but in my opinion it is completely irrelevant. People should ask themselves why are women the only ones concerned with this problem at the first place? It takes two people to start a family. A man, and a woman eventually. There is no justifiable reason that man's career should be considered more important than a woman's and there is no reason a woman should feel or be more responsible than her husband of the well being of her children. Children need both their parents equally and I do not see why men would be less capable of doing daily chores. 

    As a young child I have watched my mother take care of both me and my brother. Making sure all the homework was done, cleaning the house, going grocery shopping, managing the budget and working as 10 hours a day 5 days a week as researcher in cancer. Not only was she responsible of everything at home she also had an amazing career. But nobody ever gave her credit for it, she even got criticized by my grandmother once for not being present enough for me and my brother. As for my father, he was seen as a successful and hardworking  university professor. Never criticized once. Why ? Because he is a man. I remember thinking that even if people think that things have changed and society had progressed with all the women working and voting, things are actually not that different from before. 

    The only way for women to manage their work and their family at the same time more easily is to stop being seen as the only one responsible of managing those two things.Society should find a way for women to make a balance, it should make men more involved, in fact it should make them just as involved as women are in that matter. But most of all, it should stop making women guilty for wanting to have a career and a family at the same time even though they success in both. 

Christina Woo/Part5 A3/Wed1-2

Time for a Change

           It was unusual for women to work in the previous century. Most women stayed at home while men worked; women did not stand the chance to discover or fulfill their potential, and it has not been long since society started to approve of women standing equally with men. However, the conflict of working mothers is still unsolved. I have cut it down to two main points on methods for society to help the working mothers to balance their work as well as their household work. The first point is that society should reinforce the child care service, and the second point is that working women in Korea should be able to leave work on time.

           Firstly, the number of child care service has already increased by a great amount. A Korean child care accreditation proposed that 80% of the child care facilities has been legally approved, whereas the 20% of the facilities has not. However, although these facilities has been approved, there are still many of them that are morally unrighteous. For example, child abuse is the biggest reason why parents hesitate to send their child to the day care service. Child care should be a place of justice and I believe the government should strengthen the service by paying extra attention on the child care service by checking up on these facilities frequently and only allowing verified facilities and services for the children, also by hiring well educated people who truly has a heart to take care of the children. If so, mothers would feel secure and safe at work and children would feel that they are taken care of. It will then be a win-win situation for the parents, the child care service, and the children.

           Secondly, workers should be able to leave work on time. This is a law that people follows well in other countries such as the US. However in Korea, it is difficult to see workers who leave on the original given time. When I filmed a show in Los Angeles, the crew were strict about the given time. For instance if the film time was from 12pm to 8pm, they would stop working at 8. However in Korea, many workers spend the night flat-out working at the office or because their boss had not leave. Well, there is just no time to walk on eggshells. The government should hurry on and reinforce the system of allowing workers to leave on time especially because working mothers has a household to take care of, and it is said that the hardest job in the world is to the household work.

           In conclusion, as much as professional success is important, it is the parents' responsibility to take care of their children. Society has had enough latchkey kids wandering around without knowing when their mothers would be back home. I believe the conflict of working mothers should be quickly solved and the government should take actions on making good solutions to help working mothers to balance their career as well as their household work.

Yejee OH/chp4 part5 A3/ Wed-2

Adversities of Working Moms 

 

              We cannot deny the fact that the increasing number of women in the workforce is a global phenomenon nowadays. This growth trends highlights women started to be more active in the workforce and to make economic activities. Women started to pursue their dreams and goals through social activities, and spending more time on their career.This happened to show women are as capable as men in working socially. People used to comprehend women's role in the family as staying-home mother doing house works. However, As the entry of women in public affairs and businesses gets more frequent, the stereotypes and prejudices of married women are broken. Married women with children are capable of working and being as a mother at the same. However, the problems quickly follows as women are no longer full-time housewives. 

 

            Several prominent issues come up when women are working and taking care of house chores at the time. Children are not taken care of by their mothers when they are in need and end up spending time on their own. In other words, mothers have insufficient amount of time to take of their children when they are out for work. Women get to spend their most of the day in work and their only way to lessen the worries about their children is calling or texting them. For instance, mostly it is  women who handle any issues or problems that may happen to the children, but they might miss the call or not even notice. By that, some women give up on their careers and jobs because women consider they are not giving as much attentions and affections to their children as they should be. 

Moreover, women are still dealing with house chores even both men and women are working. Women work as much as men are, but women end up being housewives at the same time. House chores need to be equally distributed and done by the both of the parents, however, there may be several reason that it cannot be done. Suppose a family that has no father but a single mom to take charge of everything or men has important works that requires many business trips. Regardless of  many women started their jobs and dreams socially, they are still tied up to their housewife position and the absence of mother is still large. Thus, the role of society is crucial as to this matter.

 

              One of the probable solution is to setting up the working standards based on women's circumstances and supporting infrastructure available to them. Since not every household has the same family backgrounds or conditions, it is important for the society to offer pertinent amount of time for women to work. For instance, women with young children but has no husband to supporting house affairs need to leave work early for their family. Thus, women can go back as mothers in order to take care of their children and sorting out houseworks. For instance, my mother used to go out for work before I woke up and staying up late over nights. I never blamed her for not being a perfect mom we expect to be, but I demanded her to come home early and have dinner together sometime. She may have felt sorry or feeling of guilty for not being a mother who would spent time together for her child. Since then, she came home early in the afternoon with handful of burgers and french fries. She had her working hours rescheduled and adjusted since she felt spending time with children is as important as pursuing career. 

Moreover, not only giving women an early leave, men should also have the privilege to leave early once in a while. By leaving office early, men would also take responsibilities of house works and involved to be loyal fathers. In my case, my father would be one of the most diligent and promising entrepreneurs, but I barely felt he was a great father for his daughters. He would work day and night, and giving excuses when asked for sharing some chores with mother. That was the moment I thought it would be nice of him if he had spared some time to be less tied to work and be more devoted to his family and houseworks. Therefore, men's support for women to be capable at home and office is important.

Therefore, when women start to find the balance between their home and office, the personal and professional roles they play would excel and stand out. In order to do that, society should be the crucial key to help women adjust in work place and home to be a good worker and a mother simultaneously. 

Minjeong Lee / Part 5 A-3 / Wed 1-2

How can we solve the conflict of working mothers? In other words, what should society do to help women balance work and family if they must or want to work?

 

 

Working Mother's Dilemma

 

There are a lot of working moms since the more and more women are educated and participating in the society. However, there are still dilemma that many women form a family and raise children. If they stop working because of their children, they would have monetary problems or be depressed if they want to work. To solve this conflict of working mothers, the family and the government should help the mothers to balance the life in workplace and home.

 

First, the family members must help the mothers at nurturing. The dilemma of balancing between working and nurturing is made because she has to do the two excessive compulsions at the same time. Educating and nurturing should not be the part that only mothers take responsibility; fathers and grandparents–if capable of caring— should participate in nurture the children and taking care of household chores. By dividing the work at the house, mothers would less burdened than when she does everything at once. For example, my mother was a working mother, too. She was a high school teacher so she often stayed late at the schools. My father knew and understood the situation, so he did the domestic chores when he comes back early from the work. My brother and I did domestic chores, too. Mother once told me that she was less burdened than her peers because other family members helped her a lot. Also, members of family should understand her willingness to work, and be supportive to her work. They should not coerce the women to stay at home and be submissive wives whose work is all about taking care of other family members.

 

Secondly, the government should help mothers who work to make balance between work and home. The government should invest on co-nurturing system such as building more kindergartens, and encourage schools to have more after-school classes. The government can regulate the workplace, too. A lot of South Korean companies force women who recently get married or have babies to quit the job. This is unfair for women because bearing child is a part of reproduction and keeping the society. Therefore, the government should enforce entrepreneurs not to fire female labors due to her private life, and to have welfare system for their female labors having children. They can regulate over-work, so preventing mothers from giving up the dream to nurture their children, too. For example, my mother worked as teacher for more than 30 years, and she said what enabled her to work that long is because she was hired by the government, and her maternity leave was ensured. She also had regulated vacation, so she could spend time to take care of young brother and me. Due to the welfare and guarantee that she could work, she did not have to quit the job and neglect her children. In other words, she could balance the work and family because she worked for government, which ensures maternity leave and regular vacations.

 

For many mothers, it is dilemma to focus equivalently on work and family. This is a huge dilemma. However, as long as it is not the matter of individual but the problem that the society solve, every member of society should make effort to solve the question of dilemma. Especially, the working mothers need help of the family members and the government. The family members should participate in nurturing and domestic chores not to burden the mothers. On the other hand, the government should regulate the companies to ensure the mothers to take care of work and family simultaneously.

soyoung Woo/friendship final draft/Wed 1-2

Important thing is a close relationship.

 

We are living making many relationships in family, relatives, school, academy, or in chance.

I think it is easy to recall kinship and friendship when we hear a word 'relationship'. kinship is made between relatives and friendship is made between people in school, academy or in chance etc….

so, I will talk about differences and common features we can see in friendship and kinship.

I introduce 3 differences and 2 common features.

 

A first difference is blood. friendship is not related by blood but kinship is related by blood. so some people think that they are more stronger relationship in kinship. but it is not applied to all cases. for example, I am closer my friend than my cousins. I rarely contact in kakaotalk, call, or text messages my cousins but frequently contact my close friend.

A second difference is whether it is regulated by law or not. kinships is regulated by law but friendship is not regulated by law. we can know this when we get a certified copy of our family register. but a relationship between me and my friend is not written in a formal document.

A third difference is whether it is made by a choice or not. kinship is not made by a choice I make but we can make friends by choice. as a result, sometimes we have relatives who is not to our taste. but we have to meet them on holiday like Korean New Year's day, Chuseok, but we have not to maintain a relationship with a friend who is not to our taste because we can choice friends. so if we don't like a friend, we can a decision to not maintain with the friend even though it is not a easy problem anyway.

A first feature in common is we can depend on our relatives and friends. If we maintain a closer relationship with them, we can confide in them our secrets. both relatives and friends will help us. for example, I was tired due to sooneung on last year, both my friend and my cousin sister help me. my friend gave me tangerine, chocolates and my cousin siter gave me a spaghetti she made, a cake.

A second feature in common is that generally we don't live with them usually. of course there is exceptions about this. but in generally we are living our family other than relatives, friends.

 

In a conclusion, we saw many features about kinship between relatives and friendship between friends. I think if we maintain a closer relationship with relatives or friends, we can live a happier life because we can depend on both relatives and friends. even though friends are not registered in a formal document, we can make a closer relationship with them than relatives who are registered in a formal document. Also, we can a close relationship between relatives as much as friends because we more frequently meet our friends in usual than our relatives who we meet in holiday like Korean New Year's day, Chuseok in usual. I think we it's not important whether we are friends or relatives. what is important is how we maintain a intimate relationship with them.

  

soyoung Woo/p.109/Wed 1-2

 

Why do people work?

 

   In almost every culture people work because work is a reward for it. I think that the nature of people is liking playing but in fact, I do not think anyone would really be able to do it if I told them to play without doing anything.

 

  People work in almost every culture of the world. There will be no one who does not work at all, and never has ever done it. I thought of why people do work and I thought 2 reasons.

The first reason is that you will be compensated if you work. Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, all nations of the world are capitalist societies. In a capitalist society, as much as he has worked, he receives compensation for his work and runs his own life through it. If you work harder, you get more compensation. Therefore, those who work harder than others will be able to live a better life than others who are not.

 

  The second reason is related to human nature. The personality of many people, including myself, can be thought of as enjoying playing. But if you ask me to play for life, do not do anything, and I will not. Almost everyone will. I think that human nature likes to work and play.

 

   In conclusion, I think people work to live a better life than others. The ant in the Aesop's fable "The ant and the grasshopper" also worked to live a better life than other animals in order to be rewarded for their work. As a result, the ant could safely lived cold winter. In capitalist society, where people are compensated for their work, people have the desire to stand out from others. It is also because the nature of man likes not to enjoy playing but to do work and play together. People are living more personally by doing their jobs.

 

Seonghwan Cho / Chapter4 Part5 A3 / WED 1-2

Working Mothers Need Help

 

As the generation went by, the role of men and women has changed. Among many changes, it is representative for women to be able to participate in economic activity. In the past, women can only do household chores and child caring. But today, We can find women in our workplace. This change seemed to be a blessing at the beginning because it means women can have same right – right to work – as men. However, nowadays it is a burden to women especially who have children. As the economic situation suffer hard time, it is difficult to make a living only by father's income. As a result, women are forced to work in addition to taking care of their child and doing chores. Of course, I'm sure there is nobody who thinks mother can do all the requirements. For those working mothers, our society should guarantee their quality of life since they are members of our society. Through this writing, I'd like to deal with what society can do to help women balance work and family. And there are two main sections I will discuss – one is political and economical and the other is sociocultural.

 

From now on, let's consider political and economical section. We need a policy to help working mothers. And the policy need to be practical and effective not nominal. What is now implementing is baby break – it means child-care leave – and subsidy for it. It looks seemingly great policy. However, many working mothers don't use the baby break. It is because they worry to be fired or to get any disadvantages in workplace. The babe break is a paid leave so working mothers think the business owner doesn't like it. Actually, many business owners hate those policies since they are business losses. Therefore, working mothers say the current policies are too nominal. They also say what they really want is not a new policy but actualizing the current policies. According to a research by the Korea Ministry of Health and Social Affairs, among 788 working mothers aged 15-49 after 2011, only 41.4% used baby break. To increase utilization rate, policy makers should design more feasible policies which working mother can feel free to use while minimizing business losses.

 

Next is the sociocultural section. This can be more personal solution at the beginning because it is about conscious aspect. While the debate about working mothers is heated, many people still do not consider it is an important issue. I think it is due to traditional stereotype. I mean there is perception that child caring and doing chores are women's own. I strongly believe that we need to break it down. Men should feel a sense of duty as to child caring and household chores. Just giving women right to work is not fair. In addition to that, men should also take some obligation from women. If these changes on personal perception are accumulated so that cultural change is made, women no longer will worry about any disadvantages.

 

Today, I talk about hardship working mothers are suffering nowadays in two main sections. Each person in our society need to change our recognition about women's role. And the policy maker should make the current policy more practical, possible, and effective as well as just make new policies. To conclude, I hope in the future women can live a more fair life.

 

Sungtae Kim/ Chapter 4 Part 5/ Wednesday 1~2

The Purpose of Working

The basic job of students is studying, but some students don't like this job. I'm one of those students who hate studying. It was irritating to continuously work to improve exam scores throughout high school life. Considering the future, I had to work harder but it was easier said than done. Some people feel in the similar way with their job. They don't want to work sometimes, when the situation compels them to work for living. This might make them look at negative sides of their job and end up making vicious cycle by worsening the feeling even more. I guess this is why some people who work in totally different jobs say in similar negative nuance about what they do. To crack this vicious cycle, people need to think about the purpose of working. This might help them try to find positive things as they work. Work have purposes which can be summed up into three words; nature, achievement, and identity.

Working is the nature of humanity. It is one of desires that human has. if not satisfied, this desire can cause bitter consequences. The victims of unemployment can suffer from poverty and solidarity. But the biggest problem that makes a failure of their life is emotional problems such as lasting depressions and loneliness. These feelings can cause harsh decisions like suicide which is becoming a common thing nowadays. This desire doesn't end even when people are old. My grandfather worked in a company as an engineer until age of 70s. He enjoyed working and said that his friends envy him of working until that age. His friends tell him that he is the happiest person among them. Working is a nature of human which can be bailed by other hardships in life but eventually will turn out in later life.

Work is a mean that leads to achievements. When we ask elementary students about their dream, they pick up names of jobs that sound good for them. These dreams are specified or modified along their lifestyle and taste. Working helps them achieve these dreams and get what they want. Children always find new things in their life and learn. This is not different for the grown-ups who get new experiences through working which sometimes can be a failure, but eventually achieve what they dreamed for. Without working, people will never achieve anything and will lose the chance to taste the thrill of achievements.

Finally, people find their identity through jobs. Identity means the true inside of a person that includes thoughts, characteristics, and past experiences even. The work that we are doing shows those identities and help oneself recognize it. Identity is like a puzzle that is matched through hints that come from each piece. Every job that we do in our life can influence our job and transform it according to new experiences.

In conclusion, the purpose of working can be separated into three parts. It is the nature of human. It is a mean that leads us to achievements. And finally, It helps people find their identities.

eunseo kim / wed 1-2

Pg 109 topic 3

           'Working mom' is a commonly-spoken term in many societies including Korea, while it is rarely heard in Sweden where women welfare is well-established. Working mothers in Korea are often confronted with a serious role conflict, which force them to give up either one of the roles. To guarantee their life as a good mother and an employee, the society needs to achieve two things; an extended parental leave and a well-established policy to prevent career break.

           Maternity leave is a commonly used term that often replaces parental leave. This is because in most societies, childcare is dumped only on the mothers. However, in many countries over the world, even maternity leaves are not given for granted. This is the major reason that generates role conflict among working women. While women are left with childcare, they are not given enough leave from work; doubling the hardship. Taking a closer look to Korean society would better develop this point. According to the government's data, only 60.5 percent of women in 2016 were lucky enough to take a leave from work after work. But even this number seems quite bubbled, considering that only 56.6 percent of women were able to come back to their work after the leave. The remaining 43.4 percent were unable to lead on their career, causing a career break.

           To prevent such problems, maternity leave must be guaranteed by the law for all working women. In this status quo, many women feel diffident to take a leave due to the psychological and practical pressure from their workplace. If it is legally guaranteed, all women will be free from work-family role conflict. Moreover, the previous maternity leave must be extended to a 'parental leave', where men can also take some rest from their work and focus on childcare as well.

           Taking a step further, 'career break' is also a problem that the society must tackle. Although more women take a parental leave, it is inevitable that some of them feel it difficult coming back to their workplace. This causes career break, which is a loss to both the women and the society. While more women can lead on their career, getting another job after birth is quite difficult. As it is a loss for both the society and the women, this vicious cycle must stop; the government must establish more policies to protect women's career.

           Women, under same work conditions, can do just as well as men employees. However, women are mostly faced with role conflict; between their role as a good worker and an good parent. Such problems need the intervention of both the society and the government; to create a fair, equal society. This is a matter of justice- it is fair and square that women are free from role conflict.

 

Hayeon Jin/ Chapter 4 First draft/ Wed 1-2

3. How can we solve the conflict of working mothers? In other words, what should society do to help women balance work and family if they must or want to work?

 

Working Mothers? Why not Childrearing Fathers?

The birth rate of the society nowadays is consistently plummeting. The price index has reached a new high, while the wage has not risen much. Given that, it is hard to sustain the family with single income. This explains the reason why the number of working mothers has drastically increased for past two decades. Many of the working mothers find it tough managing both work and childrearing. Therefore, strict implementation of childcare leave in the companies and the reformation of the stereotyped gender roles in the society are needed.

The presence of child care leave system in the companies is so faint that most of the employers can't use it. The child care leave system is supposed to be mandatory by laws in all the companies. However, the defect and the shortage of laws make companies worm their way out of letting employers use it. This makes many working women struggle with their work and childcare. Many of them can't even fully spend their maternity leave but get back to their work. Thus, there should be strict implementation of childcare leave by strengthening the surveillance whether the companies are keeping the child care leave system properly or not. Plus, the punishment in case of the nonfulfillment must be reinforced. The government should also tighten up and add details to the regulations regarding child care leave system in a new way. It should not only be the women but also the men who should use that system. The male employees must be given a chance to care their young children, and this can only be done with the reformation of the stereotyped gender roles in the society.

Have you heard of the term "working fathers" or "childrearing mothers"? I know that your answer is no. The society had been patriarchic for most of the time. The status of women has been risen starting only few decades ago. It is proven by one statistics, that the percentage of women executives in the 100 major companies in Korea 2016 is only 2.2%. The society had given all the burdens of childcaring to the women. However, the world has changed. We should break such stereotyped gender role. Just as mentioned above, the society should guarantee and foster men to use child care leave. We should always remember that it must never be the women but also the men who should be responsible for childcaring. Only by then can the word "working mothers" or "childrearing fathers" disappear.

What society can do for struggling working mothers is the strict implementation of childcare leave in the companies and the reformation of the stereotyped gender roles in the society are needed. Knowing all the ways to solve the conflict of working mothers, we should grant it to be real.

 

 

Sunyoung Park / Chapter 4 part 5 A / Wed 1-2

1.       Cause and effect: Why do people work?         

 

"My dream was to live a life where I work to travel, and I am living my dream now." This is what I heard during one seminar from some woman. The purpose of that seminar and the name of that woman have faded now, but the impact she left on me still vividly remained in my heart. Work to travel, isn't it amazing?

 

Let's say you are a person who's in love with travelling. Traveling the world means much more than just a simple travel. It is the most valuable thing in your life. Then working to travel the world would be bearable even if it feels like you are sitting on pins and needles. That is because you have a vivid purpose that can cheer you up even in the harsh situations that happen at your work place which haunt you.

 

How about if you are a big fan of Coldplay, the band? We all know the ticket for Coldplay concert is very pricy. Then to afford the ticket price, if the salary from your workplace is the only income, then although the boss always annoys you, you will still stand it. You will happily work to save the money for future ticket. Even though it can't be always happy.

 

These are two good example that people can easily sympathize, but these are narrowly focused on money. In these situations, working equals to money. But there are also people who are working to achieve their dream. For those people, working itself is an achievement of what they dreamed of. We can see if from people who are poorly paid, but still happily work hard.

 

Reasons for working can absolutely verify from people to people. It can be from simply earning money to achieve one's dream. Even it can be volunteering and giving out their talents for free for some people. We cannot define the reason of working. Also we cannot tell why we think people work. But it is the big task in our lives to figure out what "we" are working for, because it will eventually shape how our lives look like.