DU POLL: Do you think what you do as a living relates to whom you are as an individual anymore?

[RKP5637]

When I was young I think for the most part what you did for a living related somewhat to whom you were as an individual ... direction in life, interests, talents, the essence of being, something like that ... I think today people are often totally dissociated between their personal life and their work life. I realize this is a broad brush, but I'm wondering what DU thinks.

I think for many people today their job has relatively little bearing as to whom they are as an individual. ... because jobs today are often just a way to get enough money to live/survive.

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[MADem]

1. I am retired, and my former career is happily in the rear view mirror. nt

[NRaleighLiberal]

2. It does now....my "last career" didn't really.

[Mel Content]

3. who you are as a person relates to how you choose to earn a living.

but not necessarily the other way around.

[MrSlayer]

4. No. It never did.

I'm an electrician but that no more defines me as an individual than does my love of soup.

[cyglet]

5. I used to think that way

but then I got laid off. It taught me a lot about what I did for a living vs. who I really was.

[Zorra]

6. I only do "work" that relates to who I am. I enjoy the "work" I do. nt

[RKP5637]

7. That, is the best of all worlds IMO! n/t

[Historic NY]

8. I'm retired & glad...

I still work but now its on my terms. My former employers a local government are finding that out.

[Egalitarian Thug]

9. Not sure where I fit in your system. I've never really cared all that much what I did, what is

important to me is that it was done very well. My last official career (business systems consultant/systems analyst/database architect) seem to suit that requirement perfectly and then the MBAs came into vogue and ended that (quality is utterly irrelevant to them).

Now I work with animals, they matter.

[loli phabay]

10. my vocations have always been my vacation. i loved the military and i love what i do now

Everyday i get up and enjoy going to work even on the bad days i find good.

[RKP5637]

11. That's the best way!!!

[abolugi]

12. Yes

I'm a caregiver for the elderly. It is what I am. I have always taken care of things growing up, (animals, kids. relatives, etc) and it just comes natural to me. I have been very lucky that I have always been able to work in the caregiving field... going on 30 years now.
Sometimes the money isn't the greatest but I make up for it in job satisfaction!

[RKP5637]

14. Often I think job satisfaction is the most important thing, more than how much money, as long

as it's sufficient enough to get by. There is waaayyy toooo much emphasis on money in this country.

[MadrasT]

13. For some people, yes. For others, no.

The thing I see is that people who do have a job that relates to "who they are" seem to assume it works that way for everyone. For many people (including me), a job is just what they do for a paycheck.

Those people also seem to want to talk endlessly about their work and assume I do too. But when I come home, the last thing I want to do is talk about my job.

I want to do my job well, but my job has very little to do with "who I am".

I don't know if it is different now than it was years ago or not.

[Lightbulb_on]

15. Definitely...

My work has shaped much of my personality and is a part of how I define myself...