Work?

Work (noun): place of employment
Work (verb): to labor

To be honest with you, I have never really been a fan of either. In fact, I say all of the time I only work because I like what I do when I am not there. To that end, and having recently been liberated from both forms of the word above, I took stock of my life and sadly it was a short inventory.

Here's the thing, I was presented with one job that pretty much sounded like the type of job I have wanted for just about ever. I had another opportunity to work from home. I thought working from home (regardless of the work) was the way to go...what better way to pass the time with not having to commute, working in your jammies, etc.

Here's the thing, working from home is fraught with disaster lurking at every corner. The world conspires against you. Would I rather work or watch Sportscenter? Would I rather work or surf for sites that are blocked on most corporate servers? Would I rather work or sit on my porch and drink beer? Would I rather work than mow my yard (seriously, I had this discussion with myself)? Anyway, you get the point.

The other thing that is kind of striking when you spend that much time with yourself (and I mean alone, not that kind of time with yourself) it can be enlightening. See, it turns out I am really not that interesting. I bore myself.

Having the opportunity to loaf through work seems to be ideal, but then you realize you have to work at like midnight to get something. I have a new son at home, I only see midnight when I am getting up to feed him...you get the point.

What am I getting at? I don't know really...just think twice about "working" from home. the self-realization that you are not interesting is in and of itself something that might set me back a few years. I can call the shrink and tell her we have a whole new batch of issues to deal with.

At least I didn't buy a Fusion.