Does your job give you variety ?

I dont think so.

Ask yourself and think seriously about it and eventually you will realise that what I said above is true.

Let see how ...

You know a skill. You apply it to your job and earn. Each new 'order' is processed the same way - you keep applying that same old skill. No variety.

You work at a company (maybe after a engineering and/or MBA degree). You now sit and make excel sheets all day. (Actually just copy paste from other sheets and summarise things). The same for presentations (both making and giving them). Each new 'order' is processed the same way - you keep applying that same old skill (of copying and pasting) .So , no variety.

You run a shop. Give things and count money. Absolutely no variety.

I mean all these jobs are predictable - you know what to expect - and that gives a high degree of comfort level. Youve been there - done that - and now just do it again. And again.

But if you program a computer. Boy, thats unknown territory - only daring prevails here. Each new task is like something never done before. You take it as it comes. This is how - each new feature thats used has to be programmed in a new way. You have to figure that out each time. Im talking about programming, not the configuring type nonsense thats used in SAP and ERP type systems. No doubt, there is some repetition, but then this realm gives you the opportunity to improvise and come out with new solutions and methods. Not too many jobs give you this advantage. And so each new task gives you a sense of fulfllment and satisfaction of having 'done' something.

Await a future post on what comprises work. It will tell you whats classified as work and whats not. Expect some very interesting relevations . So keep those eyes peeled to these pages.