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In all my cherished years in and around the work force, I’ve learned that it’s getting more common to see individuals pretending that their jobs are much more difficult than they actually are. And yes, I’ve unfortunately been guilty of this one big time. We often get so wrapped up in reciting our job descriptions out of habit that we eventually transform them into glorious and challenging professions, when in fact they are usually not. We’re experts at explaining our jobs so elegantly and make our work sound like a finely tuned ballet requiring vast knowledge or rare skill sets. The truth is that most people who actually work difficult jobs are usually not taking time to rant about how complex the work is. Chances are that people who do have the extremely difficult jobs are the individuals who are actually working hard and not just talking about working hard. If you really think about the job you currently have, you’ll realize that many of the skills can be attained through basic training and experience (depending on how much you actually do). But on that note, I must say that I for one am I’m sick and tired of everyone telling me how difficult and important their jobs are. I can also live without the meaningless phrases peppered into career-related conversation, like “specialist”, “analyst”, “associate”, “specialist” or “database”. These words may sound good, but they don’t mean anything when you randomly throw them into a sentence, so save everyone the headache and tell them what it is you actually do.

Another facade we include in our work descriptions is the ever important job title itself. It seems like companies love pumping out phony job titles just to keep the management employed. My all time favorite is any work title that includes the word “analyst” at the end of it. You can add the phrase “analyst” to just about any job title and it will make it sound important or slightly legit.

“Oh look at me, I’m a “Business Systems Administrator Specialist Analyst“…..Now you must admit that sounds important!

To dive into an obscure and out of left field topic, even for me, I’ve decided to give you a quick run down of why I think that “haunted houses” and legends alike are a bunch of nonsense. To prove my case, I will use a personal philosophy that I like to call “The Freeway Theory”.

To summarize theory, let me first provide the report that according to the NHTSA’s Traffic Safety Facts, that every year there are over 42+ thousand automobile related deaths on major highways and byways in the United States. (this number was taken from 2 years ago, so it may be higher now).

With that being known, think about all of the unfortunate people who lived their last moments in a moving vehicle and on the roads that we drive on every day.

So my point is this: If even a fraction of ghosts are supposed to be haunting the area that they had died in, why would there not be more sightings of ghosts on freeways or even on common sidestreets? Why are these lost souls not flying around the freeways and scaring the hell out of poor suckers who are commuting to work? Why not? Is there some “ghost rule” that says they must hide out in creepy, dark, old mansions that are out in the middle of the countryside?

Just a very quick post to share a video with you that I had never seen until 5 minutes ago. I was about 9 years old when these guys played this show. If you do not know what this is, then I am not really talking to you right now.

Why do we insist on filling our lives with meaningless things? Why do we focus so much time on appearance, wealth, and popular trends, but spend so little time making positive changes in this world?

I’m sick and tired of being selfish and I REFUSE to join into the lies that we so often take for truths in this society. I admit that I have been part of the guilty party who has bought into this lie. For several years I tried to pretend that everything was just great and I went out of my way to pretend that I fit into the masses of brainwashed humans that say the same things every day, over and over and over again. But I have reached my limit and simply can’t do it any longer. I don’t think it is healthy to have hate in one’s heart, but if there is one thing I do hate, it’s the lack of substance and purpose in our world. No matter what the geographic location, thousands have come inherit a greedy and self serving attitude that can simply not be justified. It is a great thing to be motivated towards success in life, but we our becoming so obsessed with our wants and as equally uninterested in other peoples needs. This ignorance not only effects people that are in poverty, warfare, or oppression, but it effects our families and friends that count on us to make positive changes during our lives here on earth.

Do you realize that we so often use people as a means to an end and we often get so focused in meaningless topics, pointless goals, and self serving obstacles, and eventually lose sight of what is most important in life…..LIFE.