I worked for about 20 years in community mental health. I took pride in developing and sustaining meaningful relationships with clients and colleagues AT THE SAME TIME as taking pride in working as efficiently as I could. I was in the minority in the latter, but objectively more human beings were served when documentation and other bureaucratic tasks were done expediently. And there was pleasure in pruning the work to its optimal shape.
Hi Will 👋 thanks for your thoughtful post. I know, too, that I am happier and more content when I am ‘working’ (I’m an abstract artist), but I often question the ‘purpose’ or outcome or sustainability of what I produce - not much ever sells- and it stacks up around my house and studio, so much more accretion of ‘stuff’ - but the process is so good for my mental health and well-being. I’m officially at retirement age now (66), but I don’t know if I can ever fully retire from painting
I just met my childhood idol Bernie Williams and marveled at how easy it was to speak with him after his jazz show concluded. I wonder how many security guards I would have needed to deal with had Jeter been the one on stage.
I worked for about 20 years in community mental health. I took pride in developing and sustaining meaningful relationships with clients and colleagues AT THE SAME TIME as taking pride in working as efficiently as I could. I was in the minority in the latter, but objectively more human beings were served when documentation and other bureaucratic tasks were done expediently. And there was pleasure in pruning the work to its optimal shape.
Hi Will 👋 thanks for your thoughtful post. I know, too, that I am happier and more content when I am ‘working’ (I’m an abstract artist), but I often question the ‘purpose’ or outcome or sustainability of what I produce - not much ever sells- and it stacks up around my house and studio, so much more accretion of ‘stuff’ - but the process is so good for my mental health and well-being. I’m officially at retirement age now (66), but I don’t know if I can ever fully retire from painting
I just met my childhood idol Bernie Williams and marveled at how easy it was to speak with him after his jazz show concluded. I wonder how many security guards I would have needed to deal with had Jeter been the one on stage.