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How come people want to work?
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A lot of jobs involve travel, on a variety of scales. My brother is a civil engineer and is on a different site every week. I personally like the routine of going to the same place, but that's not a requirement for employment.
I mean, that sucks. But you don't necessarily have to work that many hours or that demanding a job. I do work a physically and emotionally demanding job; I prefer to work on personal projects and household tasks during the day, go to my job in the evenings, and then it doesn't matter that I come home tired; I go right to bed.
A lot of people like their job. Another respondent said she wouldn't do her job for free; I probably would if I could afford to. It makes me happy. I can't afford to and am pretty zealous about making sure I earn a competitive rate, but I even enjoy that aspect, the competition of it.
I mean, it doesn't have to be the same work that while time. At forty, I've been a programmer, a teacher, a waitress, and a full-time parent. I'm thinking about picking up a trade, becoming an electrician or a carpenter or a plumber. As long as you keep learning and keep experimenting, you'll have an interesting life.