don't be a drone

you know the type - they're always there early and they're working late.

perhaps they have one of those phone/email things and they are always working away on it.

perhaps it's the person in the cubicle next to you that needs to make absolutely positively certain that the staple is in the right spot and God help the person that tries to correct them on something they feel is right, when it's not. it's like experiencing your own personal dilbertized version of the roman legion with wave of wave of emails and phone calls etc. etc.

perhaps it's the person that feels that life really is all about putting in the 100 hour work week fifty weeks a year, so they can pressure their family into doing as much as possible in a two week vacation. after all, they have to put as much work into their vacation as they do into the work right?

perhaps that person is you. i certainly hope not.

but, here is a list on how to find ways to not be a drone - i.e. ways to learn to live and not merely exist paycheque to paycheque. i found it off a link on digg.com and while i'm not as extreme as some of the examples i put up - i have my own issues that this one addresses. mostly related to spending time on the internet.

i have a life now and i want to find deeper ways to make it more worthwhile. i think this is a great start for those of us who are becoming drones. it's an ever constant battle.

39 ways to live not exist