Dear Answer Person,<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve decided to quit the Duke library system \u2013 but not the AP site \u2013 cold turkey. I have a little money saved, and I\u2019m going to just take a few years off from \u201cworking\u201d and instead learn an instrument. Why not retire when I\u2019m young, and work when I\u2019m old? My entire life has been one waste after another so far, sitting in classrooms and learning next to nothing because someone else hopes that I\u2019ll use that sitting to get a job that involves MORE sitting, which will validate their life. Forget it! I\u2019m done! I\u2019m not asking anyone else to support me and if someone doesn\u2019t like it, they can go explore the depths of the PQ4315s. [AP’s comment: the call number belongs to Dante’s Inferno<\/em>.]<\/p>\n My question to you is, although the above makes perfect sense \u2013 a lot MORE sense than killing yourself at a miserable non-job in hopes of retiring in time to take handfuls of NSAIDs and sit around (not that I\u2019m saying that\u2019s the only other choice, but it\u2019s what\u2019s pushed on me) \u2013 why will no one else admit that it makes sense?<\/p>\n Your loyal questioner since the 1990s, First of all, JN, you can’t “quit the Duke Library system cold turkey,” because we’ve got the good stuff!\u00a0<\/p>\n Second, you have to know you’re not the only person who’s frustrated and dissatisfied with their work life (hilarious title related to your comments and a pretty decent collection of short stories: Irving Welsh’s If you liked\u00a0school, you’ll love work<\/em>.”)\u00a0 If you can get by without working, more power to you.\u00a0 If you have to keep working like most of us, try to brighten your work environment by doing something extra nice for your boss.\u00a0 Just the other day, I went into The Perk and bought for my boss a shortbread cookie with light blue frosting that said “Eat Me!”\u00a0 It sure made me feel good to do something nice for my boss.\u00a0 Give it a try.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Dear Answer Person, I\u2019ve decided to quit the Duke library system \u2013 but not the AP site \u2013 cold turkey. I have a little money saved, and I\u2019m going to just take a few years off from \u201cworking\u201d and instead learn an instrument. Why not retire when I\u2019m young, and work when I\u2019m old? My … Continue reading If you liked school, you'll love work<\/span>
\nJN<\/p>\n