Ted Tracy Is A Hardworking Man

Hard work has gone unappreciated and avoided by society, as the toil associated with it are rather unpleasant. However, in avoiding hard work, society manages to avoid the many satisfactions that accompany it. In Home of the Free, Wendell Berry discusses how although he is a novelist, poet, and essayist, Berry’s greatest satisfaction comes from the labor he does on his farm. Berry states how society has moved past the struggles of physical labor to avoid labor’s uncomfortable difficulties; thus, society has rejected the unique satisfactions of labor that he finds fulfilling. I agree wholeheartedly with his interpretation that labor and its unique qualities can derive much satisfaction. I find the satisfactions of labor as the most fulfilling

Geoff left school at 15 so he could join the building industry and he thought this is what he would do his entire life, but what Geoff didn’t know was he was going to get a back injury in his late twenties that would prevent him from doing hard labour. When he found this out he retired from the building industry and lazed around home for over a year because hard labour was all he knew and without it he had nothing to do.

Mr. Braaksma worked a string of 12-hour days, and at the end was taken back by how small his paycheck was. While this was frustration for Mr. Braaksma, the most stressful part was understanding that line of employment could disappear overnight. (Braaksma, 2005)

fatigue, aware of his family’s struggle for success if he did not work hard. Forming the

Roszak makes a point in his essay about jobs being our salvation, where he describe there is no end to a working life. Roszak describes the waste of time in people’s jobs and that most employees don’t even put all of their effort into them. He figures

Writing back to back examples of not just blue-collar workers, but of loved ones really help to hone in on his point. Rose attempts to achieve an even deeper connection with his readers. Rose reveals memories of his uncle Joe by saying, “When I was a young man, Joe took me on a tour of the factory. The floor was loud—in some places deafening—and when I turned a corner or opened a door, the smell of chemicals knocked my head back. The work was repetitive and taxing and the pace was inhumane” (248). Rose is giving another example of blue-collar work that his audience can possible relate to. His uncle’s everyday duties required him to be sharp, focused and proactive not only in order to get the job done, but to get the job done in a safe manner. Rose then goes on to describe his uncle Joe’s blue-collar work as one who, “Joe constantly faced new problems and became a consummate multi-tasker, evaluating a flurry of demands quickly, parceling out physical and mental resources, keeping a number of ongoing events in his mind, returning to whatever task had been interrupted, and maintaining a cool head under pressure of grueling production schedules” (248). Rose’s intention is to express the high demands blue-collar workers face. Rose wants his readers to understand that blue-collar work in not all physical; moreover, by

3. He still works in the office even though he no longer works 14 hour days. He feels he is financially secure and probably could retire right now. However, he feels healthy enough to continue work and since he built his company from the ground up, he will continue to work until he can no longer work anymore. He worries about the economy and does feel as though times are tougher. He went on to describe how you could make a return from buying stocks and bonds and currently you can have a million dollars in bonds and your return will be $2.00. Overall it seemed as though the reason he works is because he still enjoys working. His free time is spent with his family. He also helps his grandkids financially with school and other little things but he doesn’t feel as though he fully supports any of his children or grandkids because they are doing well on their own. He would not mind doing it however, and feels as though he is financially capable of doing so if he had to.

Just as Kafka focuses on how damaging, both emotionally and physically, family can be, he talks about how work can play a similar role in an

“What defines you as a person is not the life you were born into, but what you made of it” Shahid Kapoor said. This quote can mean many things, but to me, it means that the things that are given to you are not as important as the things you have to work for. The things I have had to work for over the last 17 years of my life have shaped the person I am today.

I have always admired those who work very hard and are persistent in any area of their lives, especially when it comes to improving themselves whether it be physically or mentally. Because hard work and dedication are traits that I have always valued, I have tried to create a strong drive towards my goals while preserving who I am and what I believe. Malcolm Gladwell took this quote from an old Chinese proverb while discussing what exactly makes people successful. In this portion of his book, he writes about the value of hard work and accountability. Hard work does not work if it only happens every once in a while or only when one

     Indeed, we toil the best of our days, and “fritter away our lives by detail. ( )”, in order to earn the perishable items we acquire by destroying the ever resilient gift we have been given. We all live “meanly, likes ants… ( )”, and we forget to stop and look at our lives from a different perspective. In fact, our minds are constipated with thoughts we entertain to feel important, and do the job, to once again achieve greatness through our “things.” Our lives are so complex for such unjust reasons, and we all ponder the question that a wise man once asked, “why, should we live with such hurry and waste of life? ( )”

In the Case of the Missing Time, Chet Craig, manager of the Norris Company’s Central Plant, deals with work overload and finds it difficult to complete many of the important tasks at work. He begins his morning by stating, “this is going to be the day to really get things done.” Yet, in spite of his intentions to accomplish the projects

Many people today find themselves in “dead-end” jobs, or they feel like work is purposeless and frustrating. At the same time, some people figured out that work is a blessing to them. People who suffer their lives in a slavery for many years in another country, think that work is a curse because they were ruled by people. They work because they are forced by other people. Work is a blessing for most people, but for some people work is a curse because of the lack of opportunity. Work is a blessing for those who understand it. To understand that work is a blessing was one of true understanding the purpose of life. It is important because not knowing the purpose of life brought people depressed. As Honore said “I'm retired from the Army, but

“Come on Boys! It’s time to milk the cows!” My grandpa, Tom, dreaded hearing this phrase. Tom and his two brothers, Jim and Roger, had the task of milking the cows everyday twice a day. It was a constant task of which became routine. A dairy cow was herded into each holding pin along with a bucket or milking machine to be milked. They milked around eight to ten cows every day. “If one of my brothers were to be gone then we would have the task of milking their cows as well and boy… were we angry at them for the rest of the day.” Doing something everyday and twice a day can really wear on a person’s ability to continue that task, unless it were to be enjoyable. In my grandpa’s case, milking cows was far from enjoyable and became one of his worst chores. Along with the dairy cows, the Hainline farm consisted of beef cows, horses, chickens, a

Why did I choose to write about workaholics? The main reason is that the general picture about these people is bad, but there are a lot of them around us and very often we admire them. They are doing exactly what they love – work – and they can never have enough of it. Although they spend most of their time working, surprisingly they are happy. They show so good results in what they do. But the consequences are great. Family life is disrupted, intellectual horizons narrow and the consequences to the workaholic's health are severe: fat, lack of exercise and stress. Why do people become workaholics? When a person becomes workaholic is there a way back? How should people around him act in order to keep both him and themselves