Do you "Live to Work" or "Work to Live"?

[Shawna]

For the passed few days, I have really been thinking about this debate. You don't necessarily have to have a job/career to know which side of this debate you stand one, you just have know your lifetime priorities, your purpose(s) in life, and what's important to you.

I will tell you what both sides of the debate mean to me:

Live to Work
People who live to work tend to view having a job the most important thing in life. They tend to believe that working, and in the process, help the community is their main purpose in life. Some are so dedicated to work, their job and other labor activities, that they could care less whether or not they bring a paycheck home. Their main purpose in life is anything having to do with work, labor, and helping the community by doing such.


Work to Live
People who work to live view their job/career, not as there main/sole purpose in life, but as their way to help their mental health and to be a financially successful individual. They have a job for psychological, social, and financial purposes, but they want to experience a lot more in life than just their job/career.

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While I believe that it is important to value your career and to help the community, I also believe that there is more to life than just WORK. Such as family and friends and doing as much as you can with them.
In order to take care of others, you have to take care of yourself. With that being said, I work to live!

 

[blackfeint]

i'm a work to live kind of person. i aim to go into the graphic design field after i graduate, so i can at least enjoy my job and work with my passion while living life, y'know?

 

[Shawna]

i'm a work to live kind of person. i aim to go into the graphic design field after i graduate, so i can at least enjoy my job and work with my passion while living life, y'know?

Cool! <3

I either want to go into the floral industry or the pastry/baking industry. Although it is important for one to enjoy their job, there is so much more to life than chores, work, and labor! <3

 

[vel]

i think most people in life work to live, until they can support themselves or find a lucky break.

 

[LinkToTheWorld]

It's a bit of both for me in my situation. I can't work full time anymore due to my health, but I've managed to keep my job and cut my hours. I don't enjoy it the way I used to with always feeling unwell, so a good part of it is just for the money. But if I gave up my job because of being unwell, I'd become so isolated. I just would hardly ever see anybody because I'm hardly ever well enough to feel like going out or socialising. So work kind of is my life, as sad as that sounds

 

[Rasha]

I work to live and nothing else, if I had the choice I'd quid my ****ty job and do what I love as a hobby with no restrictions whatsoever

 

[Kurashiki]

work to live, i definitely see jobs as a way to support myself rather than as a purpose.

 

[chaicow]

I work to live. I work mostly because I have to.

 

[Elov]

I'm a work to live type of person. But honestly I find it really respectable when someone genuinely loves their career and gets enjoyment out of doing what they do, regardless of what it is... I'm sure work isn't their entire life, and of course they make time for friends and family ...But to be truly passionate about what you do and feel like it's giving you a purpose? A person like that seems more fulfilled in life than I ever could. :/

 

[namiieco]

work to live the best life you can.

 

[Acruoxil]

work to live, i definitely see jobs as a way to support myself rather than as a purpose.

This basically. I would rather just do what I actually went if I didn't have to earn bank to survive.

 

[Antonio]

I personally live to live

 

[Buttonsy]

I'm not currently employed, but unless I got a job that was so fun for me that it didn't feel like a job, there is no way I could live for work alone.

 

[Nicole.]

I definitely work to live. Unfortunately some of us aren't made of money and I happen to fall into that category. I certainly agree that there is more to life than just work, but working will lead me to a better life where not only I'll be able to support myself but hopefully others too.

 

[Corrie]

The only reason I work is to get money and live happily. If I could never work again and live happily, I'd quit my job tomorrow.

 

[LambdaDelta]

I just live more

 

[nintendofan85]

I voted live to work, but now that I think about it, I'm probably work to live. I don't know, I was mainly thinking of schoolwork.

 

[Cailey]

work to live for sure.

 

[Emi_C]

I would have said live to work because the only work i do right now is in my studies and I am very enthusiastic about learning new things. But then even though I love studying, I don't have a set career im working towards and the idea of getting a job is very boring to me.

I'd say i live to learn.

 

[kayleee]

I work cause I have to lol