Quote: Is hard physical work “drudgery”? (Berry)
April 3rd, 2006 | Published in Culture, Economics, Life, Quotes, Work | 1 Comment
The nearly intolerable irony in our dissatisfaction is that we have removed pleasure from our work in order to remove “drudgery” from our lives. If I could pick any rule of industrial economies to receive a thorough reexamination by our people, it would be the one that says that all hard physical work is “drudgery” and not worth doing.
—Wendell Berry, “Economy and Pleasure,” in The Art of the Commonplace: The Agrarian Essays of Wendell Berry (2002), p. 217
April 24th, 2006 at 7:09 pm (#)
Definitely NOT.
I am 77 & from my personal experience I would say…
1. Search diligently & purposfully through a thorough list of occupations.
2. Find out as much as you can about any that really hold your interest by visiting libraries.
3. Then with your new knowledge visit these businesses where you can view the staff at work and talk with the workers.
4. Speak with the people in charge.
If you are involved in work you enjoy, where you gain personal satisfaction from what you are doing, then the thought of drudgery will not enter your head.