Lifelines
It happens in a heartbeat. When you begin to ponder, "Where would I be without this person?"
We begin our lifeline cycle with our immediate family, around the time we started going to preschool and realised we didn't want to let go of Mummy's hand when we first arrived.
As we progress through life we develop a connection with our study buddies. Going through a few years learning the same things with the same people, we may begin to take advantage of having them around to bounce ideas off, excel together - because we all know it can be hella lonely at the top - and even plagiarise with, disguising it to the point where not even we can tell whether it was faked or not.
Then comes the work colleagues. These guys are in the same place and for the same reason as you, whether it be championing a cause like volunteering overseas or purely mercenary reasons. Work, especially if it is full time, is like our home away from home - some people would make it their home if they could - and whether we like the work or not, everything is made so much easier when we get along with our workmates.
Around this time we begin to see the significance of the 'work/life balance'.
We begin to develop favourite places to frequent in our spare time. Bars, clubs, pubs, cafes, restaurants, cinemas, stuff it even public toilets (that's the front strip of your place in dogspeak). We meet workers from other workplaces, students from other institutes, people with the same hobbies/sexual orientation, and find ourselves stimulated and the situation somewhat therapeutic - dispersing the thought that the grass is probably greener on the other side of town.
Along with this comes the slow-burning realisation of just how far we are able to take the concept of 'choosing our friends'. As the world becomes more encompassed within our vision, we draw ourselves closer to those we feel the most comfortable around. We discover the workplace which we would be most satisfied in. In the Social Worker line of thought, we are seen to be 'self-actualised'.
And as the actualisation of self becomes fully developed, we think to ourselves:
"What did I need a lifeline for again?"
Henceforth we bail out on our connections, prematurely retire, deem our education as a form of brainwashing and unlearn everything, and the cycle repeats itself.
Game on.
We begin our lifeline cycle with our immediate family, around the time we started going to preschool and realised we didn't want to let go of Mummy's hand when we first arrived.
As we progress through life we develop a connection with our study buddies. Going through a few years learning the same things with the same people, we may begin to take advantage of having them around to bounce ideas off, excel together - because we all know it can be hella lonely at the top - and even plagiarise with, disguising it to the point where not even we can tell whether it was faked or not.
Then comes the work colleagues. These guys are in the same place and for the same reason as you, whether it be championing a cause like volunteering overseas or purely mercenary reasons. Work, especially if it is full time, is like our home away from home - some people would make it their home if they could - and whether we like the work or not, everything is made so much easier when we get along with our workmates.
Around this time we begin to see the significance of the 'work/life balance'.
We begin to develop favourite places to frequent in our spare time. Bars, clubs, pubs, cafes, restaurants, cinemas, stuff it even public toilets (that's the front strip of your place in dogspeak). We meet workers from other workplaces, students from other institutes, people with the same hobbies/sexual orientation, and find ourselves stimulated and the situation somewhat therapeutic - dispersing the thought that the grass is probably greener on the other side of town.
Along with this comes the slow-burning realisation of just how far we are able to take the concept of 'choosing our friends'. As the world becomes more encompassed within our vision, we draw ourselves closer to those we feel the most comfortable around. We discover the workplace which we would be most satisfied in. In the Social Worker line of thought, we are seen to be 'self-actualised'.
And as the actualisation of self becomes fully developed, we think to ourselves:
"What did I need a lifeline for again?"
Henceforth we bail out on our connections, prematurely retire, deem our education as a form of brainwashing and unlearn everything, and the cycle repeats itself.
Game on.
