tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6282326.post112851893511944121..comments2023-08-12T18:03:32.000+08:00Comments on Thirty Pounces: Everything is a Journey Nowwahjhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10271216752725133010noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6282326.post-1128618805564846082005-10-07T01:13:00.000+08:002005-10-07T01:13:00.000+08:00I think that is why we all feel so attached to wor...I think that is why we all feel so attached to work. Some of us even become workaholics. The line of work and life is so blurred these days, that we are so disillusioned that we imagine miles stones, work achievements are measures of who we really are, what we are worth. A creation of a power-hungry, achievement-hungry corporate creature. And the self keeps diminishing day after day - TOHA.ampuletshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06219304381301554353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6282326.post-1128594867648576322005-10-06T18:34:00.000+08:002005-10-06T18:34:00.000+08:00Haven't you heard? Even "activist" has been co-opt...Haven't you heard? Even "activist" has been co-opted by the corporate world? Pah! Nothing is sacred.Tymhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15168089811114758802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6282326.post-1128585657726228532005-10-06T16:00:00.000+08:002005-10-06T16:00:00.000+08:00I guess the idea that you're going somewhere in yo...I guess the idea that you're going somewhere in your job is a nicer one to have than describing work as 'the corporate ladder' or 'the rat race'.tscdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12333076217095349503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6282326.post-1128567516753989792005-10-06T10:58:00.000+08:002005-10-06T10:58:00.000+08:00"Corporate-cheerleading-speak tries to reconcile c..."Corporate-cheerleading-speak tries to reconcile corporate values with personal values, but in the end, it's really the corporate agenda that you are meant to subscribe to"<BR/><BR/>I couldn't agree with you more. That's why I find it so ... devious, the way this metaphor of a journey (which is so often used to talk about personally development and growth by individuals) has been subverted by wahjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10271216752725133010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6282326.post-1128531046246608252005-10-06T00:50:00.000+08:002005-10-06T00:50:00.000+08:00Still, it's not a journey without deadlines and ob...Still, it's not a journey without deadlines and obstacles and targets (call it milestones, if you will, but many of these milestones are set not by the journey man himself). i mean, even if work was seen as a journey, it's not a journey to take at your own pace, and there are costs and losses...and regrets. And how can anyone be absolved of blame when YOU chose to take that next step? Then thereampuletshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06219304381301554353noreply@blogger.com