Abstrace vs Concrete...Or lack thereof
It always feels weird calling myself a laser-focused and concrete thinker at work when outside of it I'm always stuck in abstract, creative thinking and existential concepts.
And then I realize just how little this has to do with absolutes. I'm indeed an abstract thinker, but I need a job where I'm a concrete thinker because it's grounding. There is something very zen about falling into the pattern of digging a hole or laying bricks.
Abstrace vs Concrete...Or lack thereof
@Roady_Dragonfae also, something I get? More conceptual thinking is more personal. I do like some balance to feel more involved, but really resent having to dump a lot of thinking into a day job, and have less energy to do so for myself, if I don’t feel appreciated. Maybe you have something similar?
Abstrace vs Concrete...Or lack thereof
@Leucrotta (cont.) I have a day job because I have to. Not because I want to. If universal basic income were in play, or if we stopped relying on rectangles of imaginary value altogether, I wouldn't even need to worry about finding a pointless day job. I could just draw cartoons all day and be happy with my life.
Abstrace vs Concrete...Or lack thereof
@Leucrotta Yes. For me, that's exactly the case. The only purpose of a day job is to accquire the money needed to do what I really want with my life. So the less mental energy said job takes, the more I can divest towards being an artist.