| I have to be
honest. My first reaction when the concept of
business at home jobs is to shutter a bit, roll
my eyes, note the dryness in my mouth that
accompanies intense feelings of disgust and then
ponder condescendingly of the people who engage
in the at home jobs and wonder what went wrong
in their lives to condemn them to a life that
unquestionably offers them comfort only when
chit-chatting with others whom share their
proclivities for robe-based office attire. Then
I usually start to rethink my closed mindedness
and disgusting egocentric condescension of
people whom I do not know. This will usually
start a self-loathing shame spiral, which knows
no depths. That’s what I think of.
What I don’t think of are the benefits of
having a business at home and the values that
may precipitate ones decision to get started
with their own business. But I just read a
couple of articles that threw a glass of cold
water on my holier than thou narcissism. And it
turns out that its funny that I never thought of
it before.
The reason that its odd is that I spend a
good deal of my free time mentally condemning
the superficial, material based value system of
the U.S. that seems a vapid wasteland of ethics
and beliefs. All of a sudden, someone who has
given credence to both professional and familial
goals, finds a way to satisfy both and then
takes the necessary steps to just that; and all
of a sudden I’ve already got the person labeled
as damaged goods that should be ashamed of their
misguided actions.
Hmmm. I’m ashamed.
It turns out that there are many legitimate
and important businesses and at home jobs that
one can do, which also allows that to label
success as having time to help out at a school
function that other parents can’t. God bless
them…and God help me…ugh. |
