I started a new job yesterday. It’s a lot of things I want in a job. It's downtown so I can take the train to work. The dress is casual so I don't have to wonder if my tie matches. Most of all, the work is easy enough that I don't have to care much.
When I got home today, I had a freelance assignment due by COB on the west coast. So I spent a couple of hours, finished it, sent it. Then I had a rare feeling: the feeling of done. Not wondering what's due tomorrow, or what I forgot to do today. I'm free for the evening to do whatever seems like a good idea. And I'll feel that way tomorrow too. And then Thursday.
This loose liberty preceded my last burst of creativity a couple of years ago when I had the blissfully no-mind job of cell phone repairman. The less my brain thinks about work, the more it gets to think about art and comics and girls and... whatever seems like a good idea.
I've been trying to wander my way back toward that work ever since I left it to move to Philadelphia. It's too early to know whether this is that. But it's the closest I've been since I stopped soldering for a living.
Tuesday, June 06, 2006
Taking the Brain Out of Brainwork
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Random comment several posts later: the blog I thought you might find interesting is one of J's favorites see it at typepad.parish.com
And, that's one of the things I like about my job the semesters I'm not teaching--the end of the day when i can do whatever I want.
littledj
Congratulations on the new job. Mindless jobs can be wonderful.
It's funny how different some people are. I have a fairly brainless job as well and it makes me INSANE. Makes me feel like I'm not using myself to my full potential. Or maybe it's just that I'm not using my free time to it's full potential. I guess watching TV doesn't count as productive. Does shopping?
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