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 get older. 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 dreams, 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. Those experiences sometimes can be as harsh as bitter failures, but eventually will give a sense of accomplishment. On the other hand, if people don't work, they will lose the chance to taste the thrill of achieving things. When we do activities, we have aims of those acts. We read to get knowledge and we run to get some exercise. But if we only have aims and don't behave, those aims have no meaning. Walking through our life, we have bigger goals and working will take us to those goals.
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 big picture. We cannot recognize the picture with a small piece of it. Let's say we have a 5000-piece-puzzle in front of us. If you want to know the whole picture you need to put those pieces together. Identity is like a puzzle that can only be completed through hints that come from each piece. Every job that we do in our life can influence our identity. Those works will transform it according to new experiences. One day in the future you may complete the identity and feel proud about those efforts.
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. Working will help us achieve these purposes and eventually help us look at piles of work as beneficial things in our life. Sometimes they give pressure and stress, but concentrating on these purposes will help us look our works in positive sight. These changes in our thoughts will give influence on our behaviors and will have improved our results of both our work and our life in few years from now.
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