tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14404262.post7382828566562110246..comments2024-03-28T18:44:08.125-07:00Comments on The Forty-Five: One Morning, Two RealitiesToirdhealbheach Beucailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14872794169534403463noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14404262.post-65434108662771199772022-09-21T17:21:53.802-07:002022-09-21T17:21:53.802-07:00Praise God for that, TB. :)Praise God for that, TB. :)LindaGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12203719919661519350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14404262.post-51496099294862755802022-09-21T16:49:29.339-07:002022-09-21T16:49:29.339-07:00Thanks Linda! Everything seems to be headed in th...Thanks Linda! Everything seems to be headed in the correct direction - almost 50% contained at this moment.Toirdhealbheach Beucailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14872794169534403463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14404262.post-62917432868024219452022-09-21T16:47:23.202-07:002022-09-21T16:47:23.202-07:00STxAR, it is interesting that you discuss it in th...STxAR, it is interesting that you discuss it in the context of work, as that is not precisely what I was thinking of - but it is certainly in the background. The perfunctory parts of my job - the meetings, the minutes, the calls - this can become quite ordinary and sometimes, boring. In my case, it has to be a reminder (had another one today) that what we are doing is actually in the business of attempting to save people's lives, or at least give them more time to live them. Contextualizing our work (as you did) helps us to see the bigger picture.Toirdhealbheach Beucailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14872794169534403463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14404262.post-50626186665155042552022-09-21T07:27:25.133-07:002022-09-21T07:27:25.133-07:00Hope the fires are under control, TB. Behind, sorr...Hope the fires are under control, TB. Behind, sorry. <br />You all be safe and God bless <br />LindaGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12203719919661519350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14404262.post-12178016645466569732022-09-21T05:47:40.327-07:002022-09-21T05:47:40.327-07:00Every so often, a man has to find out how to get m...Every so often, a man has to find out how to get motivated if you keep a job long enough. I ran into that twice at least at the "current" job. There came a time when I had my processes in place, the equipment was tuned and didn't drift appreciably. That made my preventive maintenence trips perfunctory. A few years of that, and it was kind of boring. I volunteered for extra duties, and started doing some work with other equipment types.<br /><br />I understand completely where you are. Some take this as a time to look for a different job. Others just coast along. I can't live with myself just coasting. I have to make headway. Wiring issue in the wetware. I had enough time vested to not want to leave the company, I knew it pretty well and had a good internal customer base. And that's where I found the spark. Supporting my customers. Keeping their equipment functioning such that they didn't have to fight it to do their jobs. With our corporate centralized computer management, it was almost too big a job to keep my people operating. And that really jazzed me. Having people happy to see me because we were working toward the same goal.<br /><br />I don't know how I'd respond with a remote job that didn't require onsite, face to face. I'm not wired well for that kind of work, I'll wager.STxARhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04588850178293194825noreply@blogger.com