tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6421367977598373300.post5116264089947432504..comments2023-08-22T05:06:48.916-07:00Comments on JR Snyder Jr: Geography of the MindJR Snyder Jrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09825473115986190389noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6421367977598373300.post-48301956280571559152010-12-30T02:23:36.667-07:002010-12-30T02:23:36.667-07:00The victim mentality, as pop psychology calls it, ...The victim mentality, as pop psychology calls it, is going to be the ruination of a lot of people in this country if they don't get over it.<br /><br />My job, although not physical but very mental, has rote parts to it that bother some people. I never think about them because I make a sort of game out of them, turn them into something interesting or let my mind float above them and think about something else.<br /><br />Interesting, I see the full range of clients in my work, from "blue collar" welders and engineers to "professionals" like doctors and lawyers and everything in between. You know what? The blue collar guys are usually the smartest at following instructions, not being difficult, figuring things out and being generally nice guys without an attitude. The financial and sales people are the worst to cope with and a lot of medical people have god complexes the ought not to have because they're not very good for much.<br /><br />As a matter of fact I went to one as a patient the other day and it was a waste of a co-pay. I figured out the problem better than he did.<br /><br />This society is peculiar with it's judgments on the value of people by what job they hold, it should be more on how well they have their job figured out and their attitude towards it and other people.<br /><br />I think there's a vlog in that. Hey! Thanks for reading and commenting! You make me think.<br /><br />This <br /><br />This societyJR Snyder Jrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09825473115986190389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6421367977598373300.post-75623005237179739962010-12-29T20:07:14.420-07:002010-12-29T20:07:14.420-07:00This is a very cool post. It ties into what I tho...This is a very cool post. It ties into what I thought about at work today. I was thinking about my job, which requires lots of heavy lifting on occasion, and also requires math skills, logic, memory, and a lot of "non-blue-collar" qualities. Not seemingly so, anyway.<br /><br />Here's the thing: I was dragging 90-pound pieces of steel from behind a shear, working up a sweat, and kinda loving it. It's not how I'd want to spend all day, every day, but it was...fun.<br /><br />This week, work has FLOWN by. The last several have; 9-hour-days just dance by.<br /><br />Once I got all the metal onto the cart and stood around watching a press punch holes into it; it hit me: I must really like my job for 9 hours of THIS to fly by.<br /><br />After reading your blog, I don't think it's a case of loving the job. I think it's that I have a normally pretty happy attitude about it.<br /><br />I could go on and on about this, but I'll sum it up with this: I don't think anything positive ever came from anyone playing a victim, ESPECIALLY not a victim of their circumstances. If circumstances suck, make them NOT suck, or change them. I don't know, but I can't imagine the meaning of life is to be miserable. It isn't easy, but I know attitude helps in ways almost unimaginable.<br /><br />I don't know if any of this helped clarify my thoughts about your words in the least, but I hope it makes sense. Either way, it was a great blog. Thanks for posting it, JR!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com