Work

Much work has been involved in producing Civility Today on a daily basis since its launch in March last year.

How have you preferred to show your appreciation for that work?

We always work in the public interest.

When does a constitution work in the public interest and when does it not do so?

When does money work in the public interest and when does it not do so?

How are you working in the public interest now?

What do you know about culture in relation to work?

How much work have you done when campaigning for civility, on any day of any year?

How do you work towards civility as a goal, and where?

How do you work with civility as a process, and where?

How much work have you done, in each year of your life, towards improving compatibility in various contexts?

Many people focus their attention on identifying and highlighting problems without contributing anything substantial to the alleviation and prevention of those problems.  Quite a few of those persons work in academia and/or the media.

Many other people focus their attention on escaping from problems, and responsibilities.  Quite a few of those persons have, or have had, political careers.

How do you usually think about privacy in relation to work? 

How do you usually think about needs in relation to work?

If you currently feel as though you are overqualified for the routine work you do, whether in paid and unpaid situations, how have you attempted to separate those routines from the tasks for which you are more uniquely qualified, especially those through which you feel more satisfied in life?

What are your work-related intentions this year, and why?

What are your money-related intentions this year, and why?

How do you tell, literally and/or figuratively, when people perceive themselves to be digging a hole in search of treasure when they are merely continuing with an unworkable solution to a problem?

How do you know when someone genuinely wants your help in digging for treasure or working towards any other clearly stated goal?

How do you usually prefer to assess your work preferences?

If you have a preference for busy work, possibly to make yourself look like you are doing important work when you are doing nothing of the sort, you may be looking for a hand-waving and make-work job in a parliamentary chamber.

The best way to acquire such a job is to gain the necessary pre-selection for a safe seat.  That way, you will have very little real work to do from one election to the next.

There will most likely be plenty of staffers, colleagues and public servants to do the work for you, though you will, of course, be paid very well indeed, even without any relevant qualifications.

If you have a preference for hard work, by all means work as hard as you wish.  Whether you will work wisely is another matter entirely. 

Most workaholics are especially devoted to busy work, and all sorts of other work the micromanagers and workplace bullies throw in their direction, with or without paid overtime, help at home and the chance of a holiday.

Sensible people prefer to avoid work unless it is absolutely necessary and/or wonderfully enjoyable.

You may associate work with the acquisition of somewhere safe to sleep on a regular basis.

You may even associate work with the possibility of acquiring a mortgage for housing of your choice, regardless of whether you are then required to work relentlessly for a quarter of a century or more to pay off that mortgage.

How do you usually think about the connections between work and networks?

What have been your work experiences relating to social networks?

What have been your work experiences relating to transport networks?

What have been your work experiences relating to telecommunications networks?

What have been your work experiences relating to mass media networks?

What have been your work experiences relating to energy networks? 

What have been your work experiences relating to distribution networks for products?

How do you tell the difference between temporary work and permanent work?

Temporary experiences within difficult environments are relatively comfortable when in possession of adequate knowledge, suitable technologies and sufficient storage facilities for water, food and energy, and plenty of those resources stored.

 

Experiences in difficult environments are, of course, dependent upon reliable distribution networks and other support services, and the money to pay for essential supplies.

There is likely to be much work to do to sustain a longer-term way of life in difficult environments.

How do you tell the difference between working in a difficult environment and working in a comfortable environment?

How much work are you willing to do to find the truth?

How much are you willing to pay for someone to do that work for you?

If you are not yet a registered patron in any part of the Adelaidezone, that is likely to suggest you do not value the work associated with this part of the Internet highly enough.

You may wish to prove otherwise.

All members of the ordinary public have been banished from quite a few Adelaidezone institutions now, as you may be aware.

What has been your attitude towards that occurrence, and why? 

Perhaps you have not realised that the information you are currently reading is brought to you from an ethereal cloud above the Adelaidezone Digital Political Diamond.  

The only version of this publication available to the ordinary public is flown from that cloud to the grounds of Frugality Cottage, from where it is transported by a representative of the Spirit of Enlightenment to the little virtual library in the cottage. 

How much of your life's work has been dependent upon the contents of libraries?

How much of your life have you already spent in libraries of one sort or another?

What is your usual approach to assessing the value of a lifetime's work, including your own?

Have you ever found workplace experiences to be confusing, exhausting, boring and sometimes even intimidating? 

Have you ever found family life to be confusing and hard work and sometimes even frightening?

Did you ever find school boring and hard work and frightening and confusing?

Have you ever founded a family and/or a workplace?

Have you ever worked in a nursery school or primary primary or secondary school or tertiary school or quaternary school?

Have you ever worked at home in any way whatsoever, whether for money or other rewards, as part of a job and/or as part of a household and/or as part of a community and/or as part of a friendship and/or as part of a family? 

If you have ever worked for no reward at all, including emotional rewards, why did you do so?

If you are constantly working, possibly in search of greater and greater rewards, why are you doing so?

Perhaps you are seeking enlightened guidance of some sort to help you work better, particularly from your own point of view.

Which appropriate workshops have you experienced?