The evil math of being a wage slave

[m.engdahl]

Fellow dying people,

the last two years my head has more or less been invaded by a mathematical formula that that has made, and still makes, my life very cumbersome. Now, I was never good at math, and I do not pretend that I will ever be, but this is a question of simple addition, substraction, multiplication, you know, the stuff that we all learn between doodling in our books in school.
I turn 32 very soon. Where I live that means I have 33 years left at work. Now, with an average of 251 work days per year, that makes for another 8238 days at work. That sounds like a lot does it not? Well, to further illustrate my little problem let us look at the free time I will have in those 33 years: 3672 days.
To sum it all up into a depressing package that I am REALLY trying to get rid of, look at it this way; in the next 33 years I am looking at approximately 10.3 years of days off, and a happy 22.7 years at work. Now isn't that just totally sweet?
Fortunately life isn't a straight line from birth to death, and in the same way life is not a black and white world inhabited by work and not work. All the good things will prevail, although it is easy to lose focus when looking through the hazy monotony of an ordinary day at work. People, places, experiences... they are all out there to be lived, and it starts every morning, every day. Think about it.
What is this long rant all about really? Well, TGIF I guess! :rocker:

[fukifino]

Just to pour salt on the wound, don't forget that for a large chunk of that free time, you'll be sleeping.

[Elwell]

What's free time?

[Rhynome]

I'm only young, but I still think that drawing a perfectly clear-cut line between work and play will make you go crazy. Also, having not a clear enough line will lead to a lack of productivity, but there should be times you work hard, times you play hard, and then ways of making work, dare I say, ... fun - okay, "bearable" is a better word.

Alternatively, do what I plan on doing, win the lottery and then just live as a bohemian...
The odds are only one in however many billions... it's doable.

[squidmonk3j]

longevity is secondary to quality, imho. whenever i catch myself just trying to "get through" the day, i mentally bitchslap myself.

suggested reading: Albert Camus - THE MYTH OF SISYPHUS

[Rhynome]

Wait, Syphilis is a myth?! Oh, Sisyphus, well, way to get my hopes up.

[squidmonk3j]

the myth of syphilis is that it is curable.

:O

[Costau D]

Why are people in such a rush to get somewhere. It's unhealthy.

It's about the journey not the destination.

Sisyphus is a tool. Doesn't question anything, or think outside the box. He just does what he thinks he has too and is bound to his job. Do whatever you want with your life. Don't be a tool to death and fear.

[Blue]

Make it worse, bust out a calculator, add up how much money you make in a year, then figure how much you lose in a year on bills....then multiply the remaining number by how long you have until you can't work anymore. You don't have a lot for 33 years worth of work, eh?

ah, i just think about my bucket list. As long as I can get that stuff done before I die it has all been worth it. :confident

[Costau D]

I'd hate to be the guy who has to calculate client risk probabilities for insurance companies.

[m.engdahl]

I just want to clarify

Fortunately life isn't a straight line from birth to death, and in the same way life is not a black and white world inhabited by work and not work. All the good things will prevail, although it is easy to lose focus when looking through the hazy monotony of an ordinary day at work. People, places, experiences... they are all out there to be lived, and it starts every morning, every day. Think about it.

The other part is just the boring math part, and we all know that math was just an excuse to draw crap in the margins of our books ;)

[Renegade89]

I'd hate to be the guy who has to calculate client risk probabilities for insurance companies.

Yeah, your wife would cheat you with a scuba diver instructor in your honeymoon, but i guess would be ok cause you will later meet Jennifer Anniston and pet her ferret both literally and metaphorically :). Sorry, i just cant resist to make a bad pun... :geekg:

As what comes to the subject, "Do what thou wilt" is sounding in my head more often lately, by now i already sick of math, more than you could ever imagine...

Those arithmetics in life are just demotivators as i see it,useless as well, life is unpredictable.

[Ilaekae]

*Ilaekae gets out calculator and 6 reams of canary yellow Office Depot Bond (20#), sharpens pencils (three 2H, battery-operated sharpener--$7.97) and begins to calculate total amount of time spent on calculations referred to in this thread plus total amount of time reading and replying, total of which will be multiplied by average amount of income per hour (local rates specific to field, or barring that, median rate between professional artisan and professional accountant within same locale) to determine level of stupidity of this thread...*


[Comments made in loving jest, of course...]


:P:yayca:

[m.engdahl]

I detest anyone refering to my very advanced and serious mathematical cunundrums as stupid!!!!one!omgktnxbbq
Gifv pencil!

[CGMonkey]

Well the sweet stuff comes after you stoped working another 30-35 years or so of not working. Mmmm honey glazed tongues will drip golden nectar on to canvases until we die ;)

[fixx]

TGIF?


*googles*


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Nope. Haven't had one of those since.... last christmas? Does that even count?

[JL.Alfaro]

What's free time?

Elwell, free time is when you stop working and then draw and paint...

for fun...

cause thats what artists do for fun...

on free time...

when they are not working...

on painting and drawing...:nohope:

[AlexC]

What's free time?

what's work?

[otis]

also....depending on where you live you can't forget the number of months a year that goes straight to taxes. Most people think they get paid 12 months out of the year, when in reality you only get paid 7-9 months out of the year.
Some countries it's less.